Houston, TX → Oklahoma City, OK
Moving to Oklahoma City costs you $622 a month
−$7,464 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 453 households moved Houston → Oklahoma City (avg AGI $82,746). 412 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Houston | Oklahoma City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,022 | −$936 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,676 | +$15 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,346 | −$951 |
| Rent | $1,199 | $972 | −$227 |
| Getting around | $572 | $542 | −$30 |
| Groceries | $380 | $360 | −$20 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $405 | −$23 |
| Utilities | $238 | $225 | −$13 |
| Everything else | $333 | $315 | −$18 |
| Left over | $3,149 | $2,527 | −$622 |
To break even in Oklahoma City, you'd need to earn
$95,500
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
−$3,512
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.9% in Houston, 23.9% in Oklahoma City.
More about Oklahoma City
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
Oklahoma City, OK in full
The cheapest housing of any metro over a million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Oklahoma City on Oklahoma City wages.
Oklahoma City → 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.