Nashville, TN → Dallas, TX
You'd keep $376 more a month in Dallas
+$4,512 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 642 households moved Nashville → Dallas (avg AGI $82,682). 638 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Nashville | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,974 | +$391 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,550 | $1,666 | +$116 |
| Take-home pay | $6,034 | $6,309 | +$275 |
| Rent | $1,399 | $1,263 | −$136 |
| 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 | $3,045 | +$376 |
To break even in Dallas, you'd need to earn
$89,500
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Dallas
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Dallas on Dallas wages.
Dallas → 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.