Nashville, TN → Baltimore, MD
Moving to Baltimore costs you $257 a month
−$3,084 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 74 households moved Nashville → Baltimore (avg AGI $66,541). 155 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Nashville | Baltimore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $8,287 | +$704 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,550 | $2,403 | +$853 |
| Take-home pay | $6,034 | $5,884 | −$149 |
| Rent | $1,399 | $1,511 | +$112 |
| Getting around | $559 | $482 | −$77 |
| Groceries | $388 | $408 | +$20 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $459 | +$22 |
| Utilities | $243 | $255 | +$12 |
| Everything else | $340 | $357 | +$17 |
| Left over | $2,669 | $2,412 | −$257 |
To break even in Baltimore, you'd need to earn
$104,500
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
−$7,732
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.4% in Nashville, 29.0% in Baltimore.
More about Baltimore
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
Baltimore, MD in full
DC salaries within commuting distance, at Baltimore prices.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Baltimore on Baltimore wages.
Baltimore → 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.