Nashville, TN → Minneapolis, MN
You'd keep $95 more a month in Minneapolis
+$1,140 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 97 households moved Nashville → Minneapolis (avg AGI $71,206). 124 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Nashville | Minneapolis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $8,287 | +$704 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,550 | $2,200 | +$650 |
| Take-home pay | $6,034 | $6,087 | +$53 |
| Rent | $1,399 | $1,369 | −$30 |
| Getting around | $559 | $504 | −$55 |
| Groceries | $388 | $400 | +$12 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $450 | +$13 |
| Utilities | $243 | $250 | +$7 |
| Everything else | $340 | $350 | +$10 |
| Left over | $2,669 | $2,764 | +$95 |
To break even in Minneapolis, you'd need to earn
$97,500
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
−$5,299
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.4% in Nashville, 26.5% in Minneapolis.
More about Minneapolis
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
Minneapolis, MN in full
Strong wages, good bones, and a January that averages 9°F at night.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Minneapolis on Minneapolis wages.
Minneapolis → 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.