Denver vs Pueblo leftover
Moving to Pueblo costs you $194 a month
$2,437/mo leftover in Pueblo vs $2,631 in Denver after tax and rent ($194 less). −$2,328 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Denver leftover
$2,631
a month after tax and rent
Pueblo leftover
$2,437
−$194 vs Denver
Compare Denver to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Denver.
Monthly gap
Denver → Pueblo
$194
less / month in Denver
$2,437 in Pueblo · $2,631 in Denver · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 513 households moved Denver → Pueblo (avg AGI $56,294). 515 went the other way. The whole move →
−$194 / mo
| Per month | Denver | Pueblo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,250 | $7,090 | −$1,160 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,057 | $1,662 | −$395 |
| Take-home pay | $6,193 | $5,428 | −$765 |
| Rent | $1,489 | $979 | −$510 |
| Getting around | $551 | $601 | +$50 |
| Groceries | $420 | $389 | −$31 |
| Healthcare | $473 | $438 | −$35 |
| Utilities | $263 | $243 | −$20 |
| Everything else | $368 | $341 | −$27 |
| Left over | $2,631 | $2,437 | −$194 |
To break even in Pueblo, you'd need to earn
$88,500
Household gross, versus $99,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Denver does now.
The tax difference alone
+$612
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.9% in Denver, 23.4% in Pueblo.
More about Pueblo
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
Pueblo, CO in full
A flat 4.4% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,165 and 271 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Pueblo on Pueblo wages.
Pueblo → Denver →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Pueblo than Denver?
A one-bedroom is about $1,489 in Denver versus $979 in Pueblo. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $194 a month lower in Pueblo. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Pueblo have state income tax?
Pueblo is in Colorado, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Denver to Pueblo?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Colorado 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 Denver and Pueblo 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.