San Antonio vs Victoria leftover
Moving to Victoria costs you $172 a month
$2,649/mo leftover in Victoria vs $2,821 in San Antonio after tax and rent ($172 less). −$2,064 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
San Antonio leftover
$2,821
a month after tax and rent
Victoria leftover
$2,649
−$172 vs San Antonio
Compare San Antonio to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to San Antonio.
Monthly gap
San Antonio → Victoria
$172
less / month in San Antonio
$2,649 in Victoria · $2,821 in San Antonio · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 113 households moved San Antonio → Victoria (avg AGI $50,628). 201 went the other way. The whole move →
−$172 / mo
| Per month | San Antonio | Victoria | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $6,829 | −$421 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,326 | −$125 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $5,503 | −$296 |
| Rent | $1,049 | $972 | −$77 |
| Getting around | $566 | $567 | +$1 |
| Groceries | $376 | $363 | −$13 |
| Healthcare | $423 | $408 | −$15 |
| Utilities | $235 | $227 | −$8 |
| Everything else | $329 | $317 | −$12 |
| Left over | $2,821 | $2,649 | −$172 |
To break even in Victoria, you'd need to earn
$85,000
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.
More about Victoria
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
Victoria, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,157 and 225 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Victoria on Victoria wages.
Victoria → San Antonio →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Victoria than San Antonio?
A one-bedroom is about $1,049 in San Antonio versus $972 in Victoria. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $172 a month lower in Victoria. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Victoria have state income tax?
Victoria is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from San Antonio to Victoria?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Texas tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between San Antonio and Victoria moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.