Pittsburgh, PA → Cleveland, OH
You'd keep $157 more a month in Cleveland
+$1,884 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 378 households moved Pittsburgh → Cleveland (avg AGI $64,923). 306 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Pittsburgh | Cleveland | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,500 | $7,422 | −$78 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,980 | $1,832 | −$148 |
| Take-home pay | $5,520 | $5,590 | +$70 |
| Rent | $1,191 | $1,100 | −$91 |
| Getting around | $497 | $515 | +$18 |
| Groceries | $368 | $364 | −$4 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $410 | −$4 |
| Utilities | $230 | $228 | −$2 |
| Everything else | $322 | $319 | −$3 |
| Left over | $2,498 | $2,655 | +$157 |
To break even in Cleveland, you'd need to earn
$86,000
Household gross, versus $90,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Pittsburgh does now.
The tax difference alone
+$1,504
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.4% in Pittsburgh, 24.7% in Cleveland.
More about Cleveland
Pittsburgh, PA in full
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
Cleveland, OH in full
World-class hospitals and an orchestra, at the lowest rents of any large metro.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Cleveland on Cleveland wages.
Cleveland → Pittsburgh →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.