Redding vs Los Angeles leftover
Moving to Los Angeles costs you $353 a month
$1,680/mo leftover in Los Angeles vs $2,033 in Redding after tax and rent ($353 less). −$4,236 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Redding leftover
$2,033
a month after tax and rent
Los Angeles leftover
$1,680
−$353 vs Redding
Compare Redding to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Redding.
Monthly gap
Redding → Los Angeles
$353
less / month in Redding
$1,680 in Los Angeles · $2,033 in Redding · 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, 121 households moved Redding → Los Angeles (avg AGI $55,620). 158 went the other way. The whole move →
−$353 / mo
| Per month | Redding | Los Angeles | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,083 | $8,718 | +$1,635 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,729 | $2,366 | +$637 |
| Take-home pay | $5,354 | $6,352 | +$998 |
| Rent | $1,105 | $2,273 | +$1,168 |
| Getting around | $646 | $674 | +$28 |
| Groceries | $433 | $476 | +$43 |
| Healthcare | $487 | $536 | +$49 |
| Utilities | $271 | $298 | +$27 |
| Everything else | $379 | $417 | +$38 |
| Left over | $2,033 | $1,680 | −$353 |
To break even in Los Angeles, you'd need to earn
$111,500
Household gross, versus $85,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Redding does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,824
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.4% in Redding, 27.1% in Los Angeles.
More about Los Angeles
Redding, CA in full
State income tax topping out at 12.3%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,315 and 222 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
Los Angeles, CA in full
Perfect weather, deep job market, and a car payment you can't avoid.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Los Angeles on Los Angeles wages.
Los Angeles → Redding →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Los Angeles than Redding?
A one-bedroom is about $1,105 in Redding versus $2,273 in Los Angeles. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $353 a month lower in Los Angeles. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Los Angeles have state income tax?
Los Angeles is in California, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Redding to Los Angeles?
Take-home pay is recalculated under California 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 Redding and Los Angeles 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.