Orlando, FL → St. Louis, MO
You'd keep $476 more a month in St. Louis
+$5,712 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | Orlando | St. Louis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $7,550 | +$467 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,401 | $1,893 | +$492 |
| Take-home pay | $5,682 | $5,657 | −$25 |
| Rent | $1,502 | $1,144 | −$358 |
| Getting around | $586 | $545 | −$41 |
| Groceries | $396 | $368 | −$28 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $414 | −$32 |
| Utilities | $248 | $230 | −$18 |
| Everything else | $347 | $322 | −$25 |
| Left over | $2,158 | $2,634 | +$476 |
To break even in St. Louis, you'd need to earn
$82,000
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
−$4,238
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 19.8% in Orlando, 25.1% in St. Louis.
Orlando, FL in full
No income tax, but a service economy holds wages below the national median.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from St. Louis on St. Louis wages.
St. Louis → 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.