Cleveland, OH → Pittsburgh, PA
Moving to Pittsburgh costs you $158 a month
−$1,896 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 306 households moved Cleveland → Pittsburgh (avg AGI $68,297). 378 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Cleveland | Pittsburgh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $7,495 | +$78 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,830 | $1,978 | +$148 |
| Take-home pay | $5,587 | $5,516 | −$70 |
| Rent | $1,100 | $1,191 | +$91 |
| Getting around | $515 | $497 | −$18 |
| Groceries | $364 | $368 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $410 | $414 | +$4 |
| Utilities | $228 | $230 | +$2 |
| Everything else | $319 | $322 | +$3 |
| Left over | $2,652 | $2,494 | −$158 |
To break even in Pittsburgh, you'd need to earn
$93,000
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
−$1,503
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.7% in Cleveland, 26.4% in Pittsburgh.
More about Pittsburgh
Cleveland, OH in full
World-class hospitals and an orchestra, at the lowest rents of any large metro.
Pittsburgh, PA in full
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh wages.
Pittsburgh → 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.