New York, NY → Columbus, OH
You'd keep $1,401 more a month in Columbus
+$16,812 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,014 households moved New York → Columbus (avg AGI $61,941). 721 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | New York | Columbus | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $9,292 | $7,574 | −$1,718 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,886 | $1,885 | −$1,002 |
| Take-home pay | $6,405 | $5,689 | −$716 |
| Rent | $3,021 | $1,174 | −$1,847 |
| Getting around | $347 | $526 | +$179 |
| Groceries | $496 | $372 | −$124 |
| Healthcare | $558 | $419 | −$139 |
| Utilities | $310 | $233 | −$77 |
| Everything else | $434 | $326 | −$108 |
| Left over | $1,239 | $2,640 | +$1,401 |
To break even in Columbus, you'd need to earn
$65,000
Household gross, versus $111,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as New York does now.
The tax difference alone
+$5,908
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 31.1% in New York, 24.9% in Columbus.
More about Columbus
New York, NY in full
The one place where skipping a car genuinely offsets the rent.
Columbus, OH in full
The most affordable large metro with a growing white-collar job base.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Columbus on Columbus wages.
Columbus → New York →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.