Minot vs Winston-Salem leftover
Moving to Winston-Salem costs you $958 a month
$2,299/mo leftover in Winston-Salem vs $3,257 in Minot after tax and rent ($958 less). −$11,496 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
Winston-Salem leftover
$2,299
−$958 vs Minot
Compare Minot to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Minot.
Monthly gap
Minot → Winston-Salem
$958
less / month in Minot
$2,299 in Winston-Salem · $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
−$958 / mo
| Per month | Minot | Winston-Salem | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,708 | $6,905 | −$804 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,635 | $1,597 | −$38 |
| Take-home pay | $6,074 | $5,308 | −$766 |
| Rent | $1,010 | $1,047 | +$37 |
| Getting around | $544 | $567 | +$23 |
| Groceries | $348 | $385 | +$37 |
| Healthcare | $392 | $433 | +$41 |
| Utilities | $218 | $241 | +$23 |
| Everything else | $305 | $337 | +$32 |
| Left over | $3,257 | $2,299 | −$958 |
To break even in Winston-Salem, you'd need to earn
$100,000
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
−$2,406
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 21.2% in Minot, 23.1% in Winston-Salem.
More about Winston-Salem
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.
Winston-Salem, NC in full
A flat 4.25% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,246 and 221 sunny days; commutes average 24 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Winston-Salem on Winston-Salem wages.
Winston-Salem → Minot →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Winston-Salem than Minot?
A one-bedroom is about $1,010 in Minot versus $1,047 in Winston-Salem. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $958 a month lower in Winston-Salem. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Winston-Salem have state income tax?
Winston-Salem is in North Carolina, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Minot to Winston-Salem?
Take-home pay is recalculated under North Carolina 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 Winston-Salem 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.