Dallas, TX → Oklahoma City, OK
Moving to Oklahoma City costs you $507 a month
−$6,084 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,538 households moved Dallas → Oklahoma City (avg AGI $67,663). 1,516 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Dallas | Oklahoma City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,022 | −$936 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,676 | +$15 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,346 | −$951 |
| Rent | $1,263 | $972 | −$291 |
| Getting around | $580 | $542 | −$38 |
| Groceries | $392 | $360 | −$32 |
| Healthcare | $441 | $405 | −$36 |
| Utilities | $245 | $225 | −$20 |
| Everything else | $343 | $315 | −$28 |
| Left over | $3,034 | $2,527 | −$507 |
To break even in Oklahoma City, you'd need to earn
$93,500
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
−$3,512
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.9% in Dallas, 23.9% in Oklahoma City.
More about Oklahoma City
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
Oklahoma City, OK in full
The cheapest housing of any metro over a million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Oklahoma City on Oklahoma City wages.
Oklahoma City → 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.