Dallas, TX → Nashville, TN
Moving to Nashville costs you $376 a month
−$4,512 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 638 households moved Dallas → Nashville (avg AGI $107,940). 642 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Dallas | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,568 | −$390 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,545 | −$116 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $6,023 | −$274 |
| Rent | $1,263 | $1,399 | +$136 |
| Getting around | $580 | $559 | −$21 |
| Groceries | $392 | $388 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $441 | $437 | −$4 |
| Utilities | $245 | $243 | −$2 |
| Everything else | $343 | $340 | −$3 |
| Left over | $3,034 | $2,658 | −$376 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$97,000
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → 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.