Colorado Springs vs Minot leftover
You'd keep $920 more a month in Minot
$3,260/mo leftover in Minot vs $2,340 in Colorado Springs after tax and rent ($920 more). +$11,040 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
Minot leftover
$3,260
+$920 vs Colorado Springs
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Monthly gap
Colorado Springs → Minot
$920
more / month in Minot
$3,260 in Minot · $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, 26 households moved Colorado Springs → Minot (avg AGI $61,269). 29 went the other way. The whole move →
+$920 / mo
| Per month | Colorado Springs | Minot | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $7,713 | +$297 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,773 | $1,636 | −$137 |
| Take-home pay | $5,644 | $6,077 | +$434 |
| Rent | $1,298 | $1,010 | −$288 |
| Getting around | $571 | $544 | −$27 |
| Groceries | $396 | $348 | −$48 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $392 | −$54 |
| Utilities | $248 | $218 | −$30 |
| Everything else | $347 | $305 | −$42 |
| Left over | $2,340 | $3,260 | +$920 |
To break even in Minot, you'd need to earn
$76,500
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
+$2,699
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.9% in Colorado Springs, 21.2% in Minot.
More about Minot
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
Minot, ND in full
State income tax topping out at 2.5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,202 and 202 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Minot on Minot wages.
Minot → Colorado Springs →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Minot than Colorado Springs?
A one-bedroom is about $1,298 in Colorado Springs versus $1,010 in Minot. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $920 a month higher in Minot. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Minot have state income tax?
Minot is in North Dakota, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Colorado Springs to Minot?
Take-home pay is recalculated under North Dakota 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 Minot 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.