Johnson City vs Nashville leftover
You'd keep $291 more a month in Nashville
$2,670/mo leftover in Nashville vs $2,379 in Johnson City after tax and rent ($291 more). +$3,492 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Johnson City leftover
$2,379
a month after tax and rent
Nashville leftover
$2,670
+$291 vs Johnson City
Compare Johnson City to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Johnson City.
Monthly gap
Johnson City → Nashville
$291
more / month in Nashville
$2,670 in Nashville · $2,379 in Johnson City · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 59 households moved Johnson City → Nashville (avg AGI $50,136). 50 went the other way. The whole move →
+$291 / mo
| Per month | Johnson City | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,458 | $7,575 | +$1,117 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,216 | $1,547 | +$331 |
| Take-home pay | $5,242 | $6,028 | +$786 |
| Rent | $969 | $1,392 | +$423 |
| Getting around | $556 | $559 | +$3 |
| Groceries | $369 | $388 | +$19 |
| Healthcare | $415 | $437 | +$22 |
| Utilities | $231 | $243 | +$12 |
| Everything else | $323 | $340 | +$17 |
| Left over | $2,379 | $2,670 | +$291 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$86,000
Household gross, versus $77,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Johnson City does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Johnson City, TN in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,154 and 207 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → Johnson City →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Nashville than Johnson City?
A one-bedroom is about $969 in Johnson City versus $1,392 in Nashville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $291 a month higher in Nashville. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Nashville have state income tax?
Nashville is in Tennessee, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Johnson City to Nashville?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Tennessee 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 Johnson City and Nashville 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.