Dallas, TX → Columbus, OH
Moving to Columbus costs you $398 a month
−$4,776 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 285 households moved Dallas → Columbus (avg AGI $88,954). 553 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Dallas | Columbus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,568 | −$390 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,883 | +$222 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,685 | −$612 |
| Rent | $1,263 | $1,174 | −$89 |
| Getting around | $580 | $526 | −$54 |
| Groceries | $392 | $372 | −$20 |
| Healthcare | $441 | $419 | −$22 |
| Utilities | $245 | $233 | −$12 |
| Everything else | $343 | $326 | −$17 |
| Left over | $3,034 | $2,636 | −$398 |
To break even in Columbus, you'd need to earn
$98,000
Household gross, versus $95,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Dallas does now.
The tax difference alone
−$4,052
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.9% in Dallas, 24.9% in Columbus.
More about Columbus
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
Columbus, OH in full
The most affordable large metro with a growing white-collar job base.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Columbus on Columbus wages.
Columbus → Dallas →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.