Lubbock vs Dallas leftover
You'd keep $441 more a month in Dallas
$3,048/mo leftover in Dallas vs $2,607 in Lubbock after tax and rent ($441 more). +$5,292 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Lubbock leftover
$2,607
a month after tax and rent
Dallas leftover
$3,048
+$441 vs Lubbock
Compare Lubbock to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Lubbock.
Monthly gap
Lubbock → Dallas
$441
more / month in Dallas
$3,048 in Dallas · $2,607 in Lubbock · 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, 1,121 households moved Lubbock → Dallas (avg AGI $57,886). 902 went the other way. The whole move →
+$441 / mo
| Per month | Lubbock | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,542 | $7,972 | +$1,430 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,241 | $1,665 | +$424 |
| Take-home pay | $5,301 | $6,307 | +$1,006 |
| Rent | $817 | $1,258 | +$441 |
| Getting around | $561 | $580 | +$19 |
| Groceries | $363 | $392 | +$29 |
| Healthcare | $408 | $441 | +$33 |
| Utilities | $227 | $245 | +$18 |
| Everything else | $317 | $343 | +$26 |
| Left over | $2,607 | $3,048 | +$441 |
To break even in Dallas, you'd need to earn
$88,000
Household gross, versus $78,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Lubbock does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Dallas
Lubbock, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $973 and 262 sunny days; commutes average 18 minutes.
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Dallas on Dallas wages.
Dallas → Lubbock →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Dallas than Lubbock?
A one-bedroom is about $817 in Lubbock versus $1,258 in Dallas. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $441 a month higher in Dallas. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Dallas have state income tax?
Dallas is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Lubbock to Dallas?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Texas 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 Lubbock and Dallas 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.