Houston, TX → Memphis, TN
Moving to Memphis costs you $381 a month
−$4,572 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 240 households moved Houston → Memphis (avg AGI $54,596). 455 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Houston | Memphis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,100 | −$858 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,406 | −$254 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,694 | −$604 |
| Rent | $1,199 | $1,058 | −$141 |
| Getting around | $572 | $548 | −$24 |
| Groceries | $380 | $364 | −$16 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $410 | −$18 |
| Utilities | $238 | $228 | −$10 |
| Everything else | $333 | $319 | −$14 |
| Left over | $3,149 | $2,768 | −$381 |
To break even in Memphis, you'd need to earn
$91,500
Household gross, versus $95,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Houston does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Memphis
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
Memphis, TN in full
No income tax and a logistics economy; wages trail the national median.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Memphis on Memphis wages.
Memphis → Houston →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.