Memphis, TN → Dallas, TX
You'd keep $264 more a month in Dallas
+$3,168 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 995 households moved Memphis → Dallas (avg AGI $72,768). 394 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Memphis | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $7,940 | +$856 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,401 | $1,655 | +$254 |
| Take-home pay | $5,682 | $6,284 | +$602 |
| Rent | $1,058 | $1,263 | +$205 |
| Getting around | $548 | $580 | +$32 |
| Groceries | $364 | $392 | +$28 |
| Healthcare | $410 | $441 | +$31 |
| Utilities | $228 | $245 | +$17 |
| Everything else | $319 | $343 | +$24 |
| Left over | $2,756 | $3,020 | +$264 |
To break even in Dallas, you'd need to earn
$91,000
Household gross, versus $85,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Memphis does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Dallas
Memphis, TN in full
No income tax and a logistics economy; wages trail the national median.
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 → Memphis →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.