Los Angeles, CA → Columbus, OH
You'd keep $946 more a month in Columbus
+$11,352 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 356 households moved Los Angeles → Columbus (avg AGI $98,253). 376 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Los Angeles | Columbus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,750 | $7,578 | −$1,172 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,378 | $1,886 | −$492 |
| Take-home pay | $6,372 | $5,692 | −$680 |
| Rent | $2,276 | $1,174 | −$1,102 |
| Getting around | $674 | $526 | −$148 |
| Groceries | $476 | $372 | −$104 |
| Healthcare | $536 | $419 | −$117 |
| Utilities | $298 | $233 | −$65 |
| Everything else | $417 | $326 | −$91 |
| Left over | $1,697 | $2,643 | +$946 |
To break even in Columbus, you'd need to earn
$73,500
Household gross, versus $105,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Los Angeles does now.
The tax difference alone
+$1,734
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 27.2% in Los Angeles, 24.9% in Columbus.
More about Columbus
Los Angeles, CA in full
Perfect weather, deep job market, and a car payment you can't avoid.
Columbus, OH in full
The most affordable large metro with a growing white-collar job base.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Columbus on Columbus wages.
Columbus → Los Angeles →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.