Erie vs Pittsburgh leftover
You'd keep $284 more a month in Pittsburgh
$2,532/mo leftover in Pittsburgh vs $2,248 in Erie after tax and rent ($284 more). +$3,408 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Erie leftover
$2,248
a month after tax and rent
Pittsburgh leftover
$2,532
+$284 vs Erie
Compare Erie to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Erie.
Monthly gap
Erie → Pittsburgh
$284
more / month in Pittsburgh
$2,532 in Pittsburgh · $2,248 in Erie · 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, 443 households moved Erie → Pittsburgh (avg AGI $63,409). 386 went the other way. The whole move →
+$284 / mo
| Per month | Erie | Pittsburgh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,625 | $7,509 | +$884 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,535 | $1,983 | +$448 |
| Take-home pay | $5,090 | $5,526 | +$436 |
| Rent | $804 | $1,163 | +$359 |
| Getting around | $584 | $497 | −$87 |
| Groceries | $401 | $368 | −$33 |
| Healthcare | $451 | $414 | −$37 |
| Utilities | $251 | $230 | −$21 |
| Everything else | $351 | $322 | −$29 |
| Left over | $2,248 | $2,532 | +$284 |
To break even in Pittsburgh, you'd need to earn
$85,000
Household gross, versus $79,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Erie does now.
The tax difference alone
−$2,234
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.2% in Erie, 26.4% in Pittsburgh.
More about Pittsburgh
Erie, PA in full
A flat 3.07% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $957 and 172 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
Pittsburgh, PA in full
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh wages.
Pittsburgh → Erie →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Pittsburgh than Erie?
A one-bedroom is about $804 in Erie versus $1,163 in Pittsburgh. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $284 a month higher in Pittsburgh. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Pittsburgh have state income tax?
Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 3.00%.
What changes if you move from Erie to Pittsburgh?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Pennsylvania 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 Erie and Pittsburgh 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.