Miami, FL → Columbus, OH
You'd keep $965 more a month in Columbus
+$11,580 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 414 households moved Miami → Columbus (avg AGI $50,845). 295 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Miami | Columbus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,500 | $7,578 | +$78 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,525 | $1,886 | +$361 |
| Take-home pay | $5,975 | $5,692 | −$283 |
| Rent | $2,088 | $1,174 | −$914 |
| Getting around | $599 | $526 | −$73 |
| Groceries | $444 | $372 | −$72 |
| Healthcare | $500 | $419 | −$81 |
| Utilities | $278 | $233 | −$45 |
| Everything else | $389 | $326 | −$63 |
| Left over | $1,678 | $2,643 | +$965 |
To break even in Columbus, you'd need to earn
$73,000
Household gross, versus $90,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Miami does now.
The tax difference alone
−$4,058
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.3% in Miami, 24.9% in Columbus.
More about Columbus
Miami, FL in full
No income tax, but rents rose faster here than anywhere in the 2020s.
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 → Miami →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.