Minot vs Cheyenne leftover
Moving to Cheyenne costs you $210 a month
$3,047/mo leftover in Cheyenne vs $3,257 in Minot after tax and rent ($210 less). −$2,520 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Minot leftover
$3,257
a month after tax and rent
Cheyenne leftover
$3,047
−$210 vs Minot
Compare Minot to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Minot.
Monthly gap
Minot → Cheyenne
$210
less / month in Minot
$3,047 in Cheyenne · $3,257 in Minot · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$210 / mo
| Per month | Minot | Cheyenne | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,708 | $7,646 | −$62 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,635 | $1,568 | −$66 |
| Take-home pay | $6,074 | $6,078 | +$4 |
| Rent | $1,010 | $1,021 | +$11 |
| Getting around | $544 | $599 | +$55 |
| Groceries | $348 | $389 | +$41 |
| Healthcare | $392 | $438 | +$46 |
| Utilities | $218 | $243 | +$25 |
| Everything else | $305 | $341 | +$36 |
| Left over | $3,257 | $3,047 | −$210 |
To break even in Cheyenne, you'd need to earn
$95,500
Household gross, versus $92,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Minot does now.
The tax difference alone
+$574
A year, in state and local income tax. Wyoming has no wage income tax.
More about Cheyenne
Minot, ND in full
State income tax topping out at 2.5%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,202 and 202 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
Cheyenne, WY in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,216 and 253 sunny days; commutes average 18 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Cheyenne on Cheyenne wages.
Cheyenne → Minot →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Cheyenne than Minot?
A one-bedroom is about $1,010 in Minot versus $1,021 in Cheyenne. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $210 a month lower in Cheyenne. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Cheyenne have state income tax?
Cheyenne is in Wyoming, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Minot to Cheyenne?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Wyoming 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 Minot and Cheyenne 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.