Colorado Springs, CO → San Diego, CA
Moving to San Diego costs you $750 a month
−$9,000 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 207 households moved Colorado Springs → San Diego (avg AGI $64,899). 361 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Colorado Springs | San Diego | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $8,510 | +$1,093 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,773 | $2,285 | +$512 |
| Take-home pay | $5,644 | $6,225 | +$581 |
| Rent | $1,301 | $2,291 | +$990 |
| Getting around | $571 | $650 | +$79 |
| Groceries | $396 | $468 | +$72 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $527 | +$81 |
| Utilities | $248 | $293 | +$45 |
| Everything else | $347 | $410 | +$63 |
| Left over | $2,337 | $1,587 | −$750 |
To break even in San Diego, you'd need to earn
$117,000
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
−$2,250
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.9% in Colorado Springs, 26.8% in San Diego.
More about San Diego
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
San Diego, CA in full
The best climate in the country and rents that know it.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Diego on San Diego wages.
San Diego → 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.