San Antonio, TX → St. Louis, MO
Moving to St. Louis costs you $176 a month
−$2,112 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | San Antonio | St. Louis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $7,562 | +$312 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,897 | +$446 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $5,665 | −$134 |
| Rent | $1,052 | $1,144 | +$92 |
| Getting around | $566 | $545 | −$21 |
| Groceries | $376 | $368 | −$8 |
| Healthcare | $423 | $414 | −$9 |
| Utilities | $235 | $230 | −$5 |
| Everything else | $329 | $322 | −$7 |
| Left over | $2,818 | $2,642 | −$176 |
To break even in St. Louis, you'd need to earn
$94,000
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
−$4,245
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.0% in San Antonio, 25.1% in St. Louis.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from St. Louis on St. Louis wages.
St. Louis → 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.