Raleigh, NC → Greenville, SC
Moving to Greenville costs you $472 a month
−$5,664 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 134 households moved Raleigh → Greenville (avg AGI $92,619). 121 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Raleigh | Greenville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,875 | $7,095 | −$780 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,926 | $1,713 | −$213 |
| Take-home pay | $5,949 | $5,382 | −$567 |
| Rent | $1,249 | $1,205 | −$44 |
| Getting around | $568 | $560 | −$8 |
| Groceries | $384 | $372 | −$12 |
| Healthcare | $432 | $419 | −$13 |
| Utilities | $240 | $233 | −$7 |
| Everything else | $336 | $326 | −$10 |
| Left over | $2,740 | $2,268 | −$472 |
To break even in Greenville, you'd need to earn
$94,000
Household gross, versus $94,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Raleigh does now.
The tax difference alone
−$222
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.5% in Raleigh, 24.1% in Greenville.
More about Greenville
Raleigh, NC in full
Research Triangle salaries, low taxes, and not much to do downtown.
Greenville, SC in full
Blue Ridge foothills, a walkable downtown, and a 0.57% property tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Greenville on Greenville wages.
Greenville → Raleigh →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.