Minot vs Colorado Springs leftover
Moving to Colorado Springs costs you $921 a month
$2,336/mo leftover in Colorado Springs vs $3,257 in Minot after tax and rent ($921 less). −$11,052 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
Colorado Springs leftover
$2,336
−$921 vs Minot
Compare Minot to another metro
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Monthly gap
Minot → Colorado Springs
$921
less / month in Minot
$2,336 in Colorado Springs · $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
In 2022-2023, 29 households moved Minot → Colorado Springs (avg AGI $57,966). 26 went the other way. The whole move →
−$921 / mo
| Per month | Minot | Colorado Springs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,708 | $7,412 | −$296 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,635 | $1,771 | +$137 |
| Take-home pay | $6,074 | $5,640 | −$433 |
| Rent | $1,010 | $1,298 | +$288 |
| Getting around | $544 | $571 | +$27 |
| Groceries | $348 | $396 | +$48 |
| Healthcare | $392 | $446 | +$54 |
| Utilities | $218 | $248 | +$30 |
| Everything else | $305 | $347 | +$42 |
| Left over | $3,257 | $2,336 | −$921 |
To break even in Colorado Springs, you'd need to earn
$105,500
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
−$2,697
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.2% in Minot, 23.9% in Colorado Springs.
More about Colorado Springs
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.
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Colorado Springs on Colorado Springs wages.
Colorado Springs → Minot →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Colorado Springs than Minot?
A one-bedroom is about $1,010 in Minot versus $1,298 in Colorado Springs. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $921 a month lower in Colorado Springs. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Colorado Springs have state income tax?
Colorado Springs is in Colorado, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Minot to Colorado Springs?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Colorado 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 Colorado Springs 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.