El Paso vs Eagle Pass leftover
Moving to Eagle Pass costs you $279 a month
$2,256/mo leftover in Eagle Pass vs $2,535 in El Paso after tax and rent ($279 less). −$3,348 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
El Paso leftover
$2,535
a month after tax and rent
Eagle Pass leftover
$2,256
−$279 vs El Paso
Compare El Paso to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to El Paso.
Monthly gap
El Paso → Eagle Pass
$279
less / month in El Paso
$2,256 in Eagle Pass · $2,535 in El Paso · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$279 / mo
| Per month | El Paso | Eagle Pass | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,625 | $6,212 | −$413 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,265 | $1,143 | −$122 |
| Take-home pay | $5,360 | $5,069 | −$291 |
| Rent | $1,008 | $928 | −$80 |
| Getting around | $527 | $570 | +$43 |
| Groceries | $356 | $363 | +$7 |
| Healthcare | $401 | $408 | +$7 |
| Utilities | $223 | $227 | +$4 |
| Everything else | $312 | $317 | +$5 |
| Left over | $2,535 | $2,256 | −$279 |
To break even in Eagle Pass, you'd need to earn
$79,500
Household gross, versus $79,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as El Paso does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Eagle Pass
El Paso, TX in full
297 sunny days and the lowest rents in Texas, on the lowest wages.
Eagle Pass, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,105 and 226 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Eagle Pass on Eagle Pass wages.
Eagle Pass → El Paso →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Eagle Pass than El Paso?
A one-bedroom is about $1,008 in El Paso versus $928 in Eagle Pass. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $279 a month lower in Eagle Pass. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Eagle Pass have state income tax?
Eagle Pass is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from El Paso to Eagle Pass?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Texas 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 El Paso and Eagle Pass 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.