Boise, ID → San Diego, CA
Moving to San Diego costs you $435 a month
−$5,220 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 194 households moved Boise → San Diego (avg AGI $76,737). 464 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Boise | San Diego | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $8,478 | +$1,478 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,706 | $2,272 | +$566 |
| Take-home pay | $5,294 | $6,206 | +$912 |
| Rent | $1,361 | $2,291 | +$930 |
| Getting around | $524 | $650 | +$126 |
| Groceries | $388 | $468 | +$80 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $527 | +$90 |
| Utilities | $243 | $293 | +$50 |
| Everything else | $340 | $410 | +$70 |
| Left over | $2,003 | $1,568 | −$435 |
To break even in San Diego, you'd need to earn
$110,500
Household gross, versus $84,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Boise does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,536
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.4% in Boise, 26.8% in San Diego.
More about San Diego
Boise, ID in full
Outdoor access that rivals Denver, on wages that haven't caught up to the home prices.
San Diego, CA in full
The best climate in the country and rents that know it.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Diego on San Diego wages.
San Diego → Boise →Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.