Houston, TX → Orlando, FL
Moving to Orlando costs you $979 a month
−$11,748 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | Houston | Orlando | 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 | $1,502 | +$303 |
| Getting around | $572 | $586 | +$14 |
| Groceries | $380 | $396 | +$16 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $446 | +$18 |
| Utilities | $238 | $248 | +$10 |
| Everything else | $333 | $347 | +$14 |
| Left over | $3,149 | $2,170 | −$979 |
To break even in Orlando, you'd need to earn
$102,000
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. Florida has no wage income tax.
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
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 → 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.