Houston, TX → San Antonio, TX
Moving to San Antonio costs you $326 a month
−$3,912 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | Houston | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,256 | −$702 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,453 | −$208 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,804 | −$494 |
| Rent | $1,199 | $1,052 | −$147 |
| Getting around | $572 | $566 | −$6 |
| Groceries | $380 | $376 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $423 | −$5 |
| Utilities | $238 | $235 | −$3 |
| Everything else | $333 | $329 | −$4 |
| Left over | $3,149 | $2,823 | −$326 |
To break even in San Antonio, you'd need to earn
$92,500
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. Texas has no wage income tax.
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Antonio on San Antonio wages.
San Antonio → 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.