Kansas City, MO → Omaha, NE
You'd keep $36 more a month in Omaha
+$432 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 259 households moved Kansas City → Omaha (avg AGI $70,154). 366 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Kansas City | Omaha | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,427 | −$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $1,816 | −$88 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $5,611 | −$68 |
| Rent | $1,184 | $1,100 | −$84 |
| Getting around | $551 | $545 | −$6 |
| Groceries | $372 | $368 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $419 | $414 | −$5 |
| Utilities | $233 | $230 | −$3 |
| Everything else | $326 | $322 | −$4 |
| Left over | $2,596 | $2,632 | +$36 |
To break even in Omaha, you'd need to earn
$88,500
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
+$505
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in Kansas City, 24.5% in Omaha.
More about Omaha
Kansas City, MO in full
Genuinely low cost of living for a metro with real amenities.
Omaha, NE in full
A 21-minute commute and one of the most stable job markets in the Midwest.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Omaha on Omaha wages.
Omaha → 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.