Reno, NV → Sacramento, CA
Moving to Sacramento costs you $181 a month
−$2,172 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 648 households moved Reno → Sacramento (avg AGI $90,156). 1,108 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Reno | Sacramento | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,333 | $8,036 | +$702 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,476 | $2,100 | +$624 |
| Take-home pay | $5,858 | $5,936 | +$78 |
| Rent | $1,539 | $1,677 | +$138 |
| Getting around | $566 | $600 | +$34 |
| Groceries | $400 | $424 | +$24 |
| Healthcare | $450 | $477 | +$27 |
| Utilities | $250 | $265 | +$15 |
| Everything else | $350 | $371 | +$21 |
| Left over | $2,303 | $2,122 | −$181 |
To break even in Sacramento, you'd need to earn
$100,000
Household gross, versus $88,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Reno does now.
The tax difference alone
−$4,995
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.1% in Reno, 26.1% in Sacramento.
More about Sacramento
Reno, NV in full
No income tax and Tahoe in 45 minutes; home prices have caught on.
Sacramento, CA in full
Bay Area access at two-thirds the rent, with California's tax bill intact.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Sacramento on Sacramento wages.
Sacramento → Reno →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.