Oklahoma City, OK → Tulsa, OK
You'd keep $21 more a month in Tulsa
+$252 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,393 households moved Oklahoma City → Tulsa (avg AGI $56,352). 1,462 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Oklahoma City | Tulsa | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,000 | $7,000 | $0 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,668 | $1,668 | $0 |
| Take-home pay | $5,332 | $5,332 | $0 |
| Rent | $972 | $971 | −$1 |
| Getting around | $542 | $536 | −$6 |
| Groceries | $360 | $356 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $405 | $401 | −$4 |
| Utilities | $225 | $223 | −$2 |
| Everything else | $315 | $312 | −$3 |
| Left over | $2,513 | $2,534 | +$21 |
To break even in Tulsa, you'd need to earn
$83,500
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.8% in Oklahoma City, 23.8% in Tulsa.
More about Tulsa
Oklahoma City, OK in full
The cheapest housing of any metro over a million people.
Tulsa, OK in full
Paid remote workers to move here, and the housing math is why it worked.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Tulsa on Tulsa wages.
Tulsa → 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.