Omaha, NE → Kansas City, MO
Moving to Kansas City costs you $36 a month
−$432 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 366 households moved Omaha → Kansas City (avg AGI $74,590). 259 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Omaha | Kansas City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,417 | $7,573 | +$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,813 | $1,901 | +$88 |
| Take-home pay | $5,604 | $5,672 | +$68 |
| Rent | $1,100 | $1,184 | +$84 |
| Getting around | $545 | $551 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $368 | $372 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $419 | +$5 |
| Utilities | $230 | $233 | +$3 |
| Everything else | $322 | $326 | +$4 |
| Left over | $2,625 | $2,589 | −$36 |
To break even in Kansas City, you'd need to earn
$91,500
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
−$504
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.4% in Omaha, 25.1% in Kansas City.
More about Kansas City
Omaha, NE in full
A 21-minute commute and one of the most stable job markets in the Midwest.
Kansas City, MO in full
Genuinely low cost of living for a metro with real amenities.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Kansas City on Kansas City wages.
Kansas City → 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.