Nashville, TN → Atlanta, GA
Moving to Atlanta costs you $173 a month
−$2,076 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 833 households moved Nashville → Atlanta (avg AGI $92,101). 939 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Nashville | Atlanta | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,896 | +$313 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,550 | $2,000 | +$451 |
| Take-home pay | $6,034 | $5,896 | −$138 |
| Rent | $1,399 | $1,399 | $0 |
| Getting around | $559 | $580 | +$21 |
| Groceries | $388 | $392 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $441 | +$4 |
| Utilities | $243 | $245 | +$2 |
| Everything else | $340 | $343 | +$3 |
| Left over | $2,669 | $2,496 | −$173 |
To break even in Atlanta, you'd need to earn
$98,000
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Nashville does now.
The tax difference alone
−$4,295
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.4% in Nashville, 25.3% in Atlanta.
More about Atlanta
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
Atlanta, GA in full
Big-city pay at mid-market housing costs, with a 31-minute average commute.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Atlanta on Atlanta wages.
Atlanta → Nashville →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.