Orlando, FL → Chattanooga, TN
You'd keep $376 more a month in Chattanooga
+$4,512 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 95 households moved Orlando → Chattanooga (avg AGI $76,074). 52 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Orlando | Chattanooga | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $6,928 | −$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,401 | $1,355 | −$46 |
| Take-home pay | $5,682 | $5,572 | −$110 |
| Rent | $1,502 | $1,150 | −$352 |
| Getting around | $586 | $554 | −$32 |
| Groceries | $396 | $368 | −$28 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $414 | −$32 |
| Utilities | $248 | $230 | −$18 |
| Everything else | $347 | $322 | −$25 |
| Left over | $2,158 | $2,534 | +$376 |
To break even in Chattanooga, you'd need to earn
$76,500
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Chattanooga
Orlando, FL in full
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
Chattanooga, TN in full
World-class climbing and paddling, no income tax, municipal fiber.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Chattanooga on Chattanooga wages.
Chattanooga → 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.