Hot Springs vs Jonesboro leftover
You'd keep $176 more a month in Jonesboro
$2,351/mo leftover in Jonesboro vs $2,175 in Hot Springs after tax and rent ($176 more). +$2,112 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Hot Springs leftover
$2,175
a month after tax and rent
Jonesboro leftover
$2,351
+$176 vs Hot Springs
Compare Hot Springs to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Hot Springs.
Monthly gap
Hot Springs → Jonesboro
$176
more / month in Jonesboro
$2,351 in Jonesboro · $2,175 in Hot Springs · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$176 / mo
| Per month | Hot Springs | Jonesboro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,208 | $6,512 | +$304 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,366 | $1,468 | +$102 |
| Take-home pay | $4,842 | $5,044 | +$202 |
| Rent | $811 | $837 | +$26 |
| Getting around | $561 | $561 | $0 |
| Groceries | $357 | $357 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $402 | $402 | $0 |
| Utilities | $223 | $223 | $0 |
| Everything else | $313 | $313 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,175 | $2,351 | +$176 |
To break even in Jonesboro, you'd need to earn
$75,000
Household gross, versus $74,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Hot Springs does now.
The tax difference alone
−$142
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.0% in Hot Springs, 22.5% in Jonesboro.
More about Jonesboro
Hot Springs, AR in full
State income tax topping out at 3.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $965 and 210 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
Jonesboro, AR in full
State income tax topping out at 3.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $996 and 216 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Jonesboro on Jonesboro wages.
Jonesboro → Hot Springs →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Jonesboro than Hot Springs?
A one-bedroom is about $811 in Hot Springs versus $837 in Jonesboro. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $176 a month higher in Jonesboro. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Jonesboro have state income tax?
Jonesboro is in Arkansas, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Hot Springs to Jonesboro?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Arkansas 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 Hot Springs and Jonesboro 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.