Cleveland, OH → Columbus, OH
Moving to Columbus costs you $13 a month
−$156 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,926 households moved Cleveland → Columbus (avg AGI $59,752). 1,434 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Cleveland | Columbus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $7,573 | +$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,830 | $1,884 | +$55 |
| Take-home pay | $5,587 | $5,688 | +$102 |
| Rent | $1,100 | $1,174 | +$74 |
| Getting around | $515 | $526 | +$11 |
| Groceries | $364 | $372 | +$8 |
| Healthcare | $410 | $419 | +$9 |
| Utilities | $228 | $233 | +$5 |
| Everything else | $319 | $326 | +$7 |
| Left over | $2,652 | $2,639 | −$13 |
To break even in Columbus, you'd need to earn
$91,000
Household gross, versus $89,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Cleveland does now.
The tax difference alone
−$98
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.7% in Cleveland, 24.9% in Columbus.
More about Columbus
Cleveland, OH in full
World-class hospitals and an orchestra, at the lowest rents of any large metro.
Columbus, OH in full
The most affordable large metro with a growing white-collar job base.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Columbus on Columbus wages.
Columbus → Cleveland →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.