Phoenix, AZ → Oklahoma City, OK
Moving to Oklahoma City costs you $41 a month
−$492 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 328 households moved Phoenix → Oklahoma City (avg AGI $67,817). 233 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Phoenix | Oklahoma City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,036 | −$547 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,709 | $1,681 | −$28 |
| Take-home pay | $5,875 | $5,355 | −$519 |
| Rent | $1,276 | $972 | −$304 |
| Getting around | $586 | $542 | −$44 |
| Groceries | $396 | $360 | −$36 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $405 | −$41 |
| Utilities | $248 | $225 | −$23 |
| Everything else | $347 | $315 | −$32 |
| Left over | $2,577 | $2,536 | −$41 |
To break even in Oklahoma City, you'd need to earn
$85,000
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Phoenix does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,610
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.5% in Phoenix, 23.9% in Oklahoma City.
More about Oklahoma City
Phoenix, AZ in full
A 2.5% flat income tax, cheap housing for a big metro, and a genuinely dangerous July.
Oklahoma City, OK in full
The cheapest housing of any metro over a million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Oklahoma City on Oklahoma City wages.
Oklahoma City → Phoenix →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.