Charlotte, NC → Nashville, TN
You'd keep $97 more a month in Nashville
+$1,164 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 230 households moved Charlotte → Nashville (avg AGI $92,970). 212 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Charlotte | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,708 | $7,553 | −$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,869 | $1,541 | −$329 |
| Take-home pay | $5,839 | $6,012 | +$173 |
| Rent | $1,329 | $1,399 | +$70 |
| Getting around | $568 | $559 | −$9 |
| Groceries | $384 | $388 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $432 | $437 | +$5 |
| Utilities | $240 | $243 | +$3 |
| Everything else | $336 | $340 | +$4 |
| Left over | $2,550 | $2,647 | +$97 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$89,000
Household gross, versus $92,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Charlotte does now.
The tax difference alone
+$3,389
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Charlotte, NC in full
A banking hub with a 4.25% flat tax and mild winters.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → Charlotte →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.