Oklahoma City, OK → Dallas, TX
You'd keep $503 more a month in Dallas
+$6,036 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,516 households moved Oklahoma City → Dallas (avg AGI $76,108). 1,538 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Oklahoma City | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $7,933 | +$933 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,668 | $1,653 | −$15 |
| Take-home pay | $5,332 | $6,280 | +$948 |
| Rent | $972 | $1,263 | +$291 |
| Getting around | $542 | $580 | +$38 |
| Groceries | $360 | $392 | +$32 |
| Healthcare | $405 | $441 | +$36 |
| Utilities | $225 | $245 | +$20 |
| Everything else | $315 | $343 | +$28 |
| Left over | $2,513 | $3,016 | +$503 |
To break even in Dallas, you'd need to earn
$86,500
Household gross, versus $84,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Oklahoma City does now.
The tax difference alone
+$3,500
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Dallas
Oklahoma City, OK in full
The cheapest housing of any metro over a million people.
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 → Oklahoma City →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.