New York, NY → Pittsburgh, PA
You'd keep $1,256 more a month in Pittsburgh
+$15,072 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 964 households moved New York → Pittsburgh (avg AGI $100,385). 1,170 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | New York | Pittsburgh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $9,292 | $7,496 | −$1,796 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,886 | $1,979 | −$908 |
| Take-home pay | $6,405 | $5,517 | −$888 |
| Rent | $3,021 | $1,191 | −$1,830 |
| Getting around | $347 | $497 | +$150 |
| Groceries | $496 | $368 | −$128 |
| Healthcare | $558 | $414 | −$144 |
| Utilities | $310 | $230 | −$80 |
| Everything else | $434 | $322 | −$112 |
| Left over | $1,239 | $2,495 | +$1,256 |
To break even in Pittsburgh, you'd need to earn
$66,500
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
+$4,504
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 31.1% in New York, 26.4% in Pittsburgh.
More about Pittsburgh
New York, NY in full
The one place where skipping a car genuinely offsets the rent.
Pittsburgh, PA in full
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh wages.
Pittsburgh → 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.