Pittsburgh, PA → Philadelphia, PA
Moving to Philadelphia costs you $75 a month
−$900 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 920 households moved Pittsburgh → Philadelphia (avg AGI $76,308). 962 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,500 | $8,125 | +$625 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,980 | $2,264 | +$284 |
| Take-home pay | $5,520 | $5,861 | +$341 |
| Rent | $1,191 | $1,541 | +$350 |
| Getting around | $497 | $418 | −$79 |
| Groceries | $368 | $408 | +$40 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $459 | +$45 |
| Utilities | $230 | $255 | +$25 |
| Everything else | $322 | $357 | +$35 |
| Left over | $2,498 | $2,423 | −$75 |
To break even in Philadelphia, you'd need to earn
$99,000
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
−$1,186
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.4% in Pittsburgh, 27.9% in Philadelphia.
More about Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, PA in full
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
Philadelphia, PA in full
East Coast density at half of Boston's rent, minus a 3.75% city wage tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Philadelphia on Philadelphia wages.
Philadelphia → 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.