Denver, CO → St. Louis, MO
You'd keep $4 more a month in St. Louis
+$48 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | Denver | St. Louis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,250 | $7,550 | −$700 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,057 | $1,893 | −$164 |
| Take-home pay | $6,193 | $5,657 | −$536 |
| Rent | $1,490 | $1,144 | −$346 |
| Getting around | $551 | $545 | −$6 |
| Groceries | $420 | $368 | −$52 |
| Healthcare | $473 | $414 | −$59 |
| Utilities | $263 | $230 | −$33 |
| Everything else | $368 | $322 | −$46 |
| Left over | $2,630 | $2,634 | +$4 |
To break even in St. Louis, you'd need to earn
$90,500
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
−$523
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.9% in Denver, 25.1% in St. Louis.
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from St. Louis on St. Louis wages.
St. Louis → 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.