Portland vs Albany leftover
Moving to Albany costs you $626 a month
$1,704/mo leftover in Albany vs $2,330 in Portland after tax and rent ($626 less). −$7,512 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Portland leftover
$2,330
a month after tax and rent
Albany leftover
$1,704
−$626 vs Portland
Compare Portland to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Portland.
Monthly gap
Portland → Albany
$626
less / month in Portland
$1,704 in Albany · $2,330 in Portland · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 422 households moved Portland → Albany (avg AGI $60,645). 390 went the other way. The whole move →
−$626 / mo
| Per month | Portland | Albany | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,208 | $7,200 | −$1,008 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,408 | $2,021 | −$387 |
| Take-home pay | $5,800 | $5,179 | −$621 |
| Rent | $1,416 | $1,271 | −$145 |
| Getting around | $517 | $630 | +$113 |
| Groceries | $424 | $434 | +$10 |
| Healthcare | $477 | $488 | +$11 |
| Utilities | $265 | $271 | +$6 |
| Everything else | $371 | $380 | +$9 |
| Left over | $2,330 | $1,704 | −$626 |
To break even in Albany, you'd need to earn
$98,500
Household gross, versus $98,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Portland does now.
The tax difference alone
+$1,059
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 29.3% in Portland, 28.1% in Albany.
More about Albany
Portland, OR in full
No sales tax, high income tax, and nine months of grey.
Albany, OR in full
State income tax topping out at 9.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,513 and 156 sunny days; commutes average 25 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Albany on Albany wages.
Albany → Portland →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Albany than Portland?
A one-bedroom is about $1,416 in Portland versus $1,271 in Albany. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $626 a month lower in Albany. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Albany have state income tax?
Albany is in Oregon, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Portland to Albany?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Oregon tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Portland and Albany moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.