San Antonio, TX → Raleigh, NC
Moving to Raleigh costs you $79 a month
−$948 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 72 households moved San Antonio → Raleigh (avg AGI $98,931). 58 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | San Antonio | Raleigh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $7,874 | +$624 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,925 | +$474 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $5,948 | +$149 |
| Rent | $1,052 | $1,249 | +$197 |
| Getting around | $566 | $568 | +$2 |
| Groceries | $376 | $384 | +$8 |
| Healthcare | $423 | $432 | +$9 |
| Utilities | $235 | $240 | +$5 |
| Everything else | $329 | $336 | +$7 |
| Left over | $2,818 | $2,739 | −$79 |
To break even in Raleigh, you'd need to earn
$96,000
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
−$3,474
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.0% in San Antonio, 24.5% in Raleigh.
More about Raleigh
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
Raleigh, NC in full
Research Triangle salaries, low taxes, and not much to do downtown.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Raleigh on Raleigh wages.
Raleigh → 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.