Colorado Springs, CO → San Antonio, TX
You'd keep $489 more a month in San Antonio
+$5,868 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 407 households moved Colorado Springs → San Antonio (avg AGI $66,889). 471 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Colorado Springs | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $7,261 | −$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,773 | $1,454 | −$319 |
| Take-home pay | $5,644 | $5,807 | +$163 |
| Rent | $1,301 | $1,052 | −$249 |
| Getting around | $571 | $566 | −$5 |
| Groceries | $396 | $376 | −$20 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $423 | −$23 |
| Utilities | $248 | $235 | −$13 |
| Everything else | $347 | $329 | −$18 |
| Left over | $2,337 | $2,826 | +$489 |
To break even in San Antonio, you'd need to earn
$79,000
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
+$3,274
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about San Antonio
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Antonio on San Antonio wages.
San Antonio → Colorado Springs →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.