Denver, CO → Sioux Falls, SD
You'd keep $298 more a month in Sioux Falls
+$3,576 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 29 households moved Denver → Sioux Falls (avg AGI $60,828). 30 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Denver | Sioux Falls | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,250 | $7,238 | −$1,012 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,057 | $1,447 | −$609 |
| Take-home pay | $6,193 | $5,791 | −$402 |
| Rent | $1,490 | $1,005 | −$485 |
| Getting around | $551 | $539 | −$12 |
| Groceries | $420 | $364 | −$56 |
| Healthcare | $473 | $410 | −$63 |
| Utilities | $263 | $228 | −$35 |
| Everything else | $368 | $319 | −$49 |
| Left over | $2,630 | $2,928 | +$298 |
To break even in Sioux Falls, you'd need to earn
$82,000
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
+$3,714
A year, in state and local income tax. South Dakota has no wage income tax.
More about Sioux Falls
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
Sioux Falls, SD in full
No income tax, an 18-minute commute, and nothing to do in February.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Sioux Falls on Sioux Falls wages.
Sioux Falls → Denver →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.