Oklahoma City, OK → Houston, TX
You'd keep $618 more a month in Houston
+$7,416 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 412 households moved Oklahoma City → Houston (avg AGI $87,296). 453 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Oklahoma City | Houston | 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 | $1,199 | +$227 |
| Getting around | $542 | $572 | +$30 |
| Groceries | $360 | $380 | +$20 |
| Healthcare | $405 | $428 | +$23 |
| Utilities | $225 | $238 | +$13 |
| Everything else | $315 | $333 | +$18 |
| Left over | $2,513 | $3,131 | +$618 |
To break even in Houston, you'd need to earn
$84,500
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 Houston
Oklahoma City, OK in full
The cheapest housing of any metro over a million people.
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Houston on Houston wages.
Houston → 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.