New York, NY → St. Louis, MO
You'd keep $1,411 more a month in St. Louis
+$16,932 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | New York | St. Louis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $9,292 | $7,574 | −$1,718 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,886 | $1,901 | −$985 |
| Take-home pay | $6,405 | $5,673 | −$733 |
| Rent | $3,021 | $1,144 | −$1,877 |
| Getting around | $347 | $545 | +$198 |
| Groceries | $496 | $368 | −$128 |
| Healthcare | $558 | $414 | −$144 |
| Utilities | $310 | $230 | −$80 |
| Everything else | $434 | $322 | −$112 |
| Left over | $1,239 | $2,650 | +$1,411 |
To break even in St. Louis, you'd need to earn
$64,500
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
+$5,710
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 31.1% in New York, 25.1% in St. Louis.
New York, NY in full
The one place where skipping a car genuinely offsets the rent.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from St. Louis on St. Louis wages.
St. Louis → 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.