Kansas City, MO → Fayetteville, AR
Moving to Fayetteville costs you $195 a month
−$2,340 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 191 households moved Kansas City → Fayetteville (avg AGI $84,560). 176 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Kansas City | Fayetteville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,036 | −$547 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $1,644 | −$261 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $5,392 | −$287 |
| Rent | $1,184 | $1,144 | −$40 |
| Getting around | $551 | $542 | −$9 |
| Groceries | $372 | $360 | −$12 |
| Healthcare | $419 | $405 | −$14 |
| Utilities | $233 | $225 | −$8 |
| Everything else | $326 | $315 | −$11 |
| Left over | $2,596 | $2,401 | −$195 |
To break even in Fayetteville, you'd need to earn
$88,000
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Kansas City does now.
The tax difference alone
+$1,180
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in Kansas City, 23.4% in Fayetteville.
More about Fayetteville
Kansas City, MO in full
Genuinely low cost of living for a metro with real amenities.
Fayetteville, AR in full
Ozark trails, corporate headquarters, and a 21-minute commute.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Fayetteville on Fayetteville wages.
Fayetteville → Kansas City →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.