San Antonio, TX → Colorado Springs, CO
Moving to Colorado Springs costs you $488 a month
−$5,856 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 471 households moved San Antonio → Colorado Springs (avg AGI $67,161). 407 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | San Antonio | Colorado Springs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $7,406 | +$156 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,769 | +$319 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $5,637 | −$163 |
| Rent | $1,052 | $1,301 | +$249 |
| Getting around | $566 | $571 | +$5 |
| Groceries | $376 | $396 | +$20 |
| Healthcare | $423 | $446 | +$23 |
| Utilities | $235 | $248 | +$13 |
| Everything else | $329 | $347 | +$18 |
| Left over | $2,818 | $2,330 | −$488 |
To break even in Colorado Springs, you'd need to earn
$98,000
Household gross, versus $87,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as San Antonio does now.
The tax difference alone
−$3,268
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.0% in San Antonio, 23.9% in Colorado Springs.
More about Colorado Springs
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
Colorado Springs, CO in full
Denver's mountains and sunshine, with the lowest property tax on this list.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Colorado Springs on Colorado Springs wages.
Colorado Springs → San Antonio →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.