Columbus vs Fort Wayne leftover
Moving to Fort Wayne costs you $231 a month
$2,487/mo leftover in Fort Wayne vs $2,718 in Columbus after tax and rent ($231 less). −$2,772 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Columbus leftover
$2,718
a month after tax and rent
Fort Wayne leftover
$2,487
−$231 vs Columbus
Compare Columbus to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Columbus.
Monthly gap
Columbus → Fort Wayne
$231
less / month in Columbus
$2,487 in Fort Wayne · $2,718 in Columbus · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$231 / mo
| Per month | Columbus | Fort Wayne | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,625 | $7,148 | −$477 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,903 | $1,740 | −$163 |
| Take-home pay | $5,722 | $5,408 | −$314 |
| Rent | $1,084 | $970 | −$114 |
| Getting around | $549 | $579 | +$30 |
| Groceries | $378 | $378 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $426 | $426 | $0 |
| Utilities | $237 | $237 | $0 |
| Everything else | $331 | $331 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,718 | $2,487 | −$231 |
To break even in Fort Wayne, you'd need to earn
$90,000
Household gross, versus $91,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Columbus does now.
The tax difference alone
+$258
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.0% in Columbus, 24.3% in Fort Wayne.
More about Fort Wayne
Columbus, IN in full
A flat 3% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,290 and 198 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
Fort Wayne, IN in full
A flat 3% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,155 and 187 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Fort Wayne on Fort Wayne wages.
Fort Wayne → Columbus →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Fort Wayne than Columbus?
A one-bedroom is about $1,084 in Columbus versus $970 in Fort Wayne. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $231 a month lower in Fort Wayne. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Fort Wayne have state income tax?
Fort Wayne is in Indiana, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 1.50%.
What changes if you move from Columbus to Fort Wayne?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Indiana 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 Columbus and Fort Wayne 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.