Phoenix, AZ → Omaha, NE
You'd keep $55 more a month in Omaha
+$660 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 299 households moved Phoenix → Omaha (avg AGI $77,843). 381 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Phoenix | Omaha | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,427 | −$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,709 | $1,816 | +$107 |
| Take-home pay | $5,875 | $5,611 | −$264 |
| Rent | $1,276 | $1,100 | −$176 |
| Getting around | $586 | $545 | −$41 |
| Groceries | $396 | $368 | −$28 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $414 | −$32 |
| Utilities | $248 | $230 | −$18 |
| Everything else | $347 | $322 | −$25 |
| Left over | $2,577 | $2,632 | +$55 |
To break even in Omaha, you'd need to earn
$88,000
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
−$1,845
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.5% in Phoenix, 24.5% in Omaha.
More about Omaha
Phoenix, AZ in full
A 2.5% flat income tax, cheap housing for a big metro, and a genuinely dangerous July.
Omaha, NE in full
A 21-minute commute and one of the most stable job markets in the Midwest.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Omaha on Omaha wages.
Omaha → 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.