San Diego, CA → Raleigh, NC
You'd keep $1,160 more a month in Raleigh
+$13,920 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 261 households moved San Diego → Raleigh (avg AGI $101,847). 144 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | San Diego | Raleigh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,500 | $7,876 | −$624 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,281 | $1,926 | −$355 |
| Take-home pay | $6,219 | $5,950 | −$269 |
| Rent | $2,291 | $1,249 | −$1,042 |
| Getting around | $650 | $568 | −$82 |
| Groceries | $468 | $384 | −$84 |
| Healthcare | $527 | $432 | −$95 |
| Utilities | $293 | $240 | −$53 |
| Everything else | $410 | $336 | −$74 |
| Left over | $1,581 | $2,741 | +$1,160 |
To break even in Raleigh, you'd need to earn
$73,500
Household gross, versus $102,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as San Diego does now.
The tax difference alone
+$2,038
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.8% in San Diego, 24.5% in Raleigh.
More about Raleigh
San Diego, CA in full
The best climate in the country and rents that know it.
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 Diego →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.