Los Angeles, CA → Honolulu, HI
Moving to Honolulu costs you $588 a month
−$7,056 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,005 households moved Los Angeles → Honolulu (avg AGI $94,429). 950 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Los Angeles | Honolulu | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,750 | $7,969 | −$781 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,378 | $2,173 | −$206 |
| Take-home pay | $6,372 | $5,796 | −$576 |
| Rent | $2,276 | $2,169 | −$107 |
| Getting around | $674 | $619 | −$55 |
| Groceries | $476 | $524 | +$48 |
| Healthcare | $536 | $590 | +$54 |
| Utilities | $298 | $328 | +$30 |
| Everything else | $417 | $459 | +$42 |
| Left over | $1,697 | $1,109 | −$588 |
To break even in Honolulu, you'd need to earn
$107,000
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
−$313
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 27.2% in Los Angeles, 27.3% in Honolulu.
More about Honolulu
Los Angeles, CA in full
Perfect weather, deep job market, and a car payment you can't avoid.
Honolulu, HI in full
Lowest property tax in the nation, highest grocery bill.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Honolulu on Honolulu wages.
Honolulu → 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.