Omaha, NE → Denver, CO
You'd keep $22 more a month in Denver
+$264 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 311 households moved Omaha → Denver (avg AGI $63,450). 264 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Omaha | Denver | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $8,275 | +$859 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,813 | $2,065 | +$253 |
| Take-home pay | $5,604 | $6,210 | +$606 |
| Rent | $1,100 | $1,490 | +$390 |
| Getting around | $545 | $551 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $368 | $420 | +$52 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $473 | +$59 |
| Utilities | $230 | $263 | +$33 |
| Everything else | $322 | $368 | +$46 |
| Left over | $2,625 | $2,647 | +$22 |
To break even in Denver, you'd need to earn
$99,000
Household gross, versus $89,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Omaha does now.
The tax difference alone
+$22
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.4% in Omaha, 25.0% in Denver.
More about Denver
Omaha, NE in full
A 21-minute commute and one of the most stable job markets in the Midwest.
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Denver on Denver wages.
Denver → Omaha →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.