Gainesville vs Augusta leftover
You'd keep $137 more a month in Augusta
$2,092/mo leftover in Augusta vs $1,955 in Gainesville after tax and rent ($137 more). +$1,644 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Gainesville leftover
$1,955
a month after tax and rent
Augusta leftover
$2,092
+$137 vs Gainesville
Compare Gainesville to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Gainesville.
Monthly gap
Gainesville → Augusta
$137
more / month in Augusta
$2,092 in Augusta · $1,955 in Gainesville · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$137 / mo
| Per month | Gainesville | Augusta | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,875 | $6,820 | −$55 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,645 | $1,625 | −$19 |
| Take-home pay | $5,230 | $5,195 | −$36 |
| Rent | $1,318 | $1,134 | −$184 |
| Getting around | $559 | $575 | +$16 |
| Groceries | $386 | $385 | −$1 |
| Healthcare | $434 | $433 | −$1 |
| Utilities | $241 | $241 | $0 |
| Everything else | $337 | $337 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,955 | $2,092 | +$137 |
To break even in Augusta, you'd need to earn
$79,500
Household gross, versus $82,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Gainesville does now.
The tax difference alone
+$34
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.9% in Gainesville, 23.8% in Augusta.
More about Augusta
Gainesville, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,569 and 211 sunny days; commutes average 28 minutes.
Augusta, GA in full
A flat 5.19% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,350 and 218 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Augusta on Augusta wages.
Augusta → Gainesville →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Augusta than Gainesville?
A one-bedroom is about $1,318 in Gainesville versus $1,134 in Augusta. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $137 a month higher in Augusta. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Augusta have state income tax?
Augusta is in Georgia, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Gainesville to Augusta?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Georgia 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 Gainesville and Augusta 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.