Chattanooga, TN → Orlando, FL
Moving to Orlando costs you $376 a month
−$4,512 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 52 households moved Chattanooga → Orlando (avg AGI $59,558). 95 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Chattanooga | Orlando | 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 | $1,502 | +$352 |
| Getting around | $554 | $586 | +$32 |
| Groceries | $368 | $396 | +$28 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $446 | +$32 |
| Utilities | $230 | $248 | +$18 |
| Everything else | $322 | $347 | +$25 |
| Left over | $2,556 | $2,180 | −$376 |
To break even in Orlando, you'd need to earn
$92,000
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. Florida has no wage income tax.
More about Orlando
Chattanooga, TN in full
World-class climbing and paddling, no income tax, municipal fiber.
Orlando, FL in full
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Orlando on Orlando wages.
Orlando → 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.