Chattanooga, TN → Memphis, TN
You'd keep $222 more a month in Memphis
+$2,664 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 82 households moved Chattanooga → Memphis (avg AGI $63,780). 149 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Chattanooga | Memphis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,958 | $7,115 | +$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,364 | $1,411 | +$46 |
| Take-home pay | $5,594 | $5,704 | +$110 |
| Rent | $1,150 | $1,058 | −$92 |
| Getting around | $554 | $548 | −$6 |
| Groceries | $368 | $364 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $410 | −$4 |
| Utilities | $230 | $228 | −$2 |
| Everything else | $322 | $319 | −$3 |
| Left over | $2,556 | $2,778 | +$222 |
To break even in Memphis, you'd need to earn
$81,500
Household gross, versus $83,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Chattanooga does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Memphis
Chattanooga, TN in full
World-class climbing and paddling, no income tax, municipal fiber.
Memphis, TN in full
No income tax and a logistics economy; wages trail the national median.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Memphis on Memphis wages.
Memphis → Chattanooga →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.