Des Moines, IA → Dallas, TX
You'd keep $148 more a month in Dallas
+$1,776 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 171 households moved Des Moines → Dallas (avg AGI $101,018). 116 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Des Moines | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,500 | $7,969 | +$469 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,764 | $1,664 | −$100 |
| Take-home pay | $5,736 | $6,305 | +$569 |
| Rent | $1,005 | $1,263 | +$258 |
| Getting around | $533 | $580 | +$47 |
| Groceries | $360 | $392 | +$32 |
| Healthcare | $405 | $441 | +$36 |
| Utilities | $225 | $245 | +$20 |
| Everything else | $315 | $343 | +$28 |
| Left over | $2,893 | $3,041 | +$148 |
To break even in Dallas, you'd need to earn
$93,000
Household gross, versus $90,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Des Moines does now.
The tax difference alone
+$2,865
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Dallas
Des Moines, IA in full
Insurance-sector wages against the lowest housing costs on this list.
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Dallas on Dallas wages.
Dallas → Des Moines →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.