Charleston vs Weirton leftover
You'd keep $208 more a month in Weirton
$2,482/mo leftover in Weirton vs $2,274 in Charleston after tax and rent ($208 more). +$2,496 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Charleston leftover
$2,274
a month after tax and rent
Weirton leftover
$2,482
+$208 vs Charleston
Compare Charleston to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Charleston.
Monthly gap
Charleston → Weirton
$208
more / month in Weirton
$2,482 in Weirton · $2,274 in Charleston · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$208 / mo
| Per month | Charleston | Weirton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,875 | $6,570 | −$305 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,601 | $1,496 | −$105 |
| Take-home pay | $5,274 | $5,074 | −$200 |
| Rent | $1,011 | $594 | −$417 |
| Getting around | $574 | $583 | +$9 |
| Groceries | $390 | $390 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $439 | $439 | $0 |
| Utilities | $244 | $244 | $0 |
| Everything else | $342 | $342 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,274 | $2,482 | +$208 |
To break even in Weirton, you'd need to earn
$75,000
Household gross, versus $82,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Charleston does now.
The tax difference alone
+$176
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.3% in Charleston, 22.8% in Weirton.
More about Weirton
Charleston, WV in full
State income tax topping out at 4.82%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,204 and 188 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
Weirton, WV in full
State income tax topping out at 4.82%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $707 and 176 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Weirton on Weirton wages.
Weirton → Charleston →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Weirton than Charleston?
A one-bedroom is about $1,011 in Charleston versus $594 in Weirton. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $208 a month higher in Weirton. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Weirton have state income tax?
Weirton is in West Virginia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Charleston to Weirton?
Take-home pay is recalculated under West Virginia tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Charleston and Weirton moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.