San Antonio, TX → Houston, TX
You'd keep $326 more a month in Houston
+$3,912 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | San Antonio | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $7,952 | +$702 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,659 | +$208 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $6,293 | +$494 |
| Rent | $1,052 | $1,199 | +$147 |
| Getting around | $566 | $572 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $376 | $380 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $423 | $428 | +$5 |
| Utilities | $235 | $238 | +$3 |
| Everything else | $329 | $333 | +$4 |
| Left over | $2,818 | $3,144 | +$326 |
To break even in Houston, you'd need to earn
$90,000
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Houston on Houston wages.
Houston → 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.