Colorado Springs vs Greeley leftover
You'd keep $357 more a month in Greeley
$2,697/mo leftover in Greeley vs $2,340 in Colorado Springs after tax and rent ($357 more). +$4,284 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Colorado Springs leftover
$2,340
a month after tax and rent
Greeley leftover
$2,697
+$357 vs Colorado Springs
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Monthly gap
Colorado Springs → Greeley
$357
more / month in Greeley
$2,697 in Greeley · $2,340 in Colorado Springs · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 199 households moved Colorado Springs → Greeley (avg AGI $58,025). 215 went the other way. The whole move →
+$357 / mo
| Per month | Colorado Springs | Greeley | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $7,823 | +$406 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,773 | $1,911 | +$138 |
| Take-home pay | $5,644 | $5,911 | +$268 |
| Rent | $1,298 | $1,257 | −$41 |
| Getting around | $571 | $546 | −$25 |
| Groceries | $396 | $389 | −$7 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $438 | −$8 |
| Utilities | $248 | $243 | −$5 |
| Everything else | $347 | $341 | −$6 |
| Left over | $2,340 | $2,697 | +$357 |
To break even in Greeley, you'd need to earn
$87,500
Household gross, versus $89,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Colorado Springs does now.
The tax difference alone
−$214
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.9% in Colorado Springs, 24.4% in Greeley.
More about Greeley
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
Greeley, CO in full
A flat 4.4% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,496 and 256 sunny days; commutes average 28 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Greeley on Greeley wages.
Greeley → Colorado Springs →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Greeley than Colorado Springs?
A one-bedroom is about $1,298 in Colorado Springs versus $1,257 in Greeley. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $357 a month higher in Greeley. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Greeley have state income tax?
Greeley is in Colorado, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Colorado Springs to Greeley?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Colorado tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Colorado Springs and Greeley moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.