Hartford, CT → Orlando, FL
Moving to Orlando costs you $228 a month
−$2,736 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 257 households moved Hartford → Orlando (avg AGI $63,735). 182 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Hartford | Orlando | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,125 | $7,109 | −$1,016 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,095 | $1,409 | −$685 |
| Take-home pay | $6,030 | $5,700 | −$330 |
| Rent | $1,614 | $1,502 | −$112 |
| Getting around | $519 | $586 | +$67 |
| Groceries | $412 | $396 | −$16 |
| Healthcare | $464 | $446 | −$18 |
| Utilities | $258 | $248 | −$10 |
| Everything else | $361 | $347 | −$14 |
| Left over | $2,404 | $2,176 | −$228 |
To break even in Orlando, you'd need to earn
$89,000
Household gross, versus $97,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Hartford does now.
The tax difference alone
+$4,613
A year, in state and local income tax. Florida has no wage income tax.
More about Orlando
Hartford, CT in full
Insurance-industry wages, cheap houses, and a 1.78% property tax rate.
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 → Hartford →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.