Phoenix, AZ → Reno, NV
Moving to Reno costs you $263 a month
−$3,156 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 266 households moved Phoenix → Reno (avg AGI $107,560). 379 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Phoenix | Reno | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,349 | −$234 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,709 | $1,480 | −$229 |
| Take-home pay | $5,875 | $5,869 | −$6 |
| Rent | $1,276 | $1,539 | +$263 |
| Getting around | $586 | $566 | −$20 |
| Groceries | $396 | $400 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $450 | +$4 |
| Utilities | $248 | $250 | +$2 |
| Everything else | $347 | $350 | +$3 |
| Left over | $2,577 | $2,314 | −$263 |
To break even in Reno, you'd need to earn
$92,500
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
+$1,910
A year, in state and local income tax. Nevada has no wage income tax.
More about Reno
Phoenix, AZ in full
A 2.5% flat income tax, cheap housing for a big metro, and a genuinely dangerous July.
Reno, NV in full
No income tax and Tahoe in 45 minutes; home prices have caught on.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Reno on Reno wages.
Reno → 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.