Fayetteville, AR → Phoenix, AZ
You'd keep $173 more a month in Phoenix
+$2,076 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 105 households moved Fayetteville → Phoenix (avg AGI $83,467). 160 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Fayetteville | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $7,544 | +$544 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,632 | $1,696 | +$64 |
| Take-home pay | $5,368 | $5,848 | +$480 |
| Rent | $1,144 | $1,276 | +$132 |
| Getting around | $542 | $586 | +$44 |
| Groceries | $360 | $396 | +$36 |
| Healthcare | $405 | $446 | +$41 |
| Utilities | $225 | $248 | +$23 |
| Everything else | $315 | $347 | +$32 |
| Left over | $2,377 | $2,550 | +$173 |
To break even in Phoenix, you'd need to earn
$87,500
Household gross, versus $84,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Fayetteville does now.
The tax difference alone
+$1,165
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.3% in Fayetteville, 22.5% in Phoenix.
More about Phoenix
Fayetteville, AR in full
Ozark trails, corporate headquarters, and a 21-minute commute.
Phoenix, AZ in full
A 2.5% flat income tax, cheap housing for a big metro, and a genuinely dangerous July.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Phoenix on Phoenix wages.
Phoenix → Fayetteville →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.