Memphis, TN → Nashville, TN
Moving to Nashville costs you $111 a month
−$1,332 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,171 households moved Memphis → Nashville (avg AGI $75,930). 688 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Memphis | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $7,550 | +$467 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,401 | $1,540 | +$138 |
| Take-home pay | $5,682 | $6,010 | +$329 |
| Rent | $1,058 | $1,399 | +$341 |
| Getting around | $548 | $559 | +$11 |
| Groceries | $364 | $388 | +$24 |
| Healthcare | $410 | $437 | +$27 |
| Utilities | $228 | $243 | +$15 |
| Everything else | $319 | $340 | +$21 |
| Left over | $2,756 | $2,645 | −$111 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$92,500
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. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Memphis, TN in full
No income tax and a logistics economy; wages trail the national median.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → 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.