Greenville, SC → Orlando, FL
Moving to Orlando costs you $103 a month
−$1,236 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 50 households moved Greenville → Orlando (avg AGI $60,920). 166 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Greenville | Orlando | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $7,083 | $0 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,709 | $1,401 | −$307 |
| Take-home pay | $5,375 | $5,682 | +$307 |
| Rent | $1,205 | $1,502 | +$297 |
| Getting around | $560 | $586 | +$26 |
| Groceries | $372 | $396 | +$24 |
| Healthcare | $419 | $446 | +$27 |
| Utilities | $233 | $248 | +$15 |
| Everything else | $326 | $347 | +$21 |
| Left over | $2,261 | $2,158 | −$103 |
To break even in Orlando, you'd need to earn
$87,000
Household gross, versus $85,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Greenville does now.
The tax difference alone
+$3,687
A year, in state and local income tax. Florida has no wage income tax.
More about Orlando
Greenville, SC in full
Blue Ridge foothills, a walkable downtown, and a 0.57% property tax.
Orlando, FL in full
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Orlando on Orlando wages.
Orlando → Greenville →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.