Orlando, FL → Buffalo, NY
You'd keep $344 more a month in Buffalo
+$4,128 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 100 households moved Orlando → Buffalo (avg AGI $41,540). 216 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Orlando | Buffalo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $7,395 | +$311 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,401 | $1,850 | +$449 |
| Take-home pay | $5,682 | $5,545 | −$137 |
| Rent | $1,502 | $1,178 | −$324 |
| Getting around | $586 | $517 | −$69 |
| Groceries | $396 | $372 | −$24 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $419 | −$27 |
| Utilities | $248 | $233 | −$15 |
| Everything else | $347 | $326 | −$21 |
| Left over | $2,158 | $2,502 | +$344 |
To break even in Buffalo, you'd need to earn
$82,500
Household gross, versus $85,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Orlando does now.
The tax difference alone
−$4,276
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 19.8% in Orlando, 25.0% in Buffalo.
More about Buffalo
Orlando, FL in full
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
Buffalo, NY in full
Cheap housing, a 21-minute commute, and 85 inches of snow.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Buffalo on Buffalo wages.
Buffalo → Orlando →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.