San Diego, CA → St. Louis, MO
You'd keep $1,062 more a month in St. Louis
+$12,744 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | San Diego | St. Louis | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,500 | $7,564 | −$936 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,281 | $1,898 | −$383 |
| Take-home pay | $6,219 | $5,666 | −$553 |
| Rent | $2,291 | $1,144 | −$1,147 |
| Getting around | $650 | $545 | −$105 |
| Groceries | $468 | $368 | −$100 |
| Healthcare | $527 | $414 | −$113 |
| Utilities | $293 | $230 | −$63 |
| Everything else | $410 | $322 | −$88 |
| Left over | $1,581 | $2,643 | +$1,062 |
To break even in St. Louis, you'd need to earn
$71,000
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
+$1,266
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 26.8% in San Diego, 25.1% in St. Louis.
San Diego, CA in full
The best climate in the country and rents that know it.
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 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.