Grants Pass vs Medford leftover
You'd keep $256 more a month in Medford
$1,634/mo leftover in Medford vs $1,378 in Grants Pass after tax and rent ($256 more). +$3,072 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Grants Pass leftover
$1,378
a month after tax and rent
Medford leftover
$1,634
+$256 vs Grants Pass
Compare Grants Pass to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Grants Pass.
Monthly gap
Grants Pass → Medford
$256
more / month in Medford
$1,634 in Medford · $1,378 in Grants Pass · 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, 546 households moved Grants Pass → Medford (avg AGI $53,304). 532 went the other way. The whole move →
+$256 / mo
| Per month | Grants Pass | Medford | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,417 | $6,956 | +$539 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,720 | $1,927 | +$207 |
| Take-home pay | $4,697 | $5,029 | +$332 |
| Rent | $1,128 | $1,227 | +$99 |
| Getting around | $618 | $594 | −$24 |
| Groceries | $434 | $434 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $488 | $488 | $0 |
| Utilities | $271 | $271 | $0 |
| Everything else | $380 | $380 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,378 | $1,634 | +$256 |
To break even in Medford, you'd need to earn
$78,500
Household gross, versus $77,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Grants Pass does now.
The tax difference alone
−$566
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.8% in Grants Pass, 27.7% in Medford.
More about Medford
Grants Pass, OR in full
State income tax topping out at 9.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,343 and 199 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
Medford, OR in full
State income tax topping out at 9.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,461 and 204 sunny days; commutes average 19 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Medford on Medford wages.
Medford → Grants Pass →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Medford than Grants Pass?
A one-bedroom is about $1,128 in Grants Pass versus $1,227 in Medford. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $256 a month higher in Medford. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Medford have state income tax?
Medford is in Oregon, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Grants Pass to Medford?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Oregon 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 Grants Pass and Medford 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.