San Jose, CA → San Antonio, TX
You'd keep $891 more a month in San Antonio
+$10,692 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 131 households moved San Jose → San Antonio (avg AGI $119,008). 98 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | San Jose | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $10,625 | $7,266 | −$3,359 |
| Income and payroll tax | $3,124 | $1,455 | −$1,668 |
| Take-home pay | $7,501 | $5,810 | −$1,691 |
| Rent | $2,990 | $1,052 | −$1,938 |
| Getting around | $746 | $566 | −$180 |
| Groceries | $504 | $376 | −$128 |
| Healthcare | $567 | $423 | −$144 |
| Utilities | $315 | $235 | −$80 |
| Everything else | $441 | $329 | −$112 |
| Left over | $1,938 | $2,829 | +$891 |
To break even in San Antonio, you'd need to earn
$72,000
Household gross, versus $127,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as San Jose does now.
The tax difference alone
+$7,885
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about San Antonio
San Jose, CA in full
The highest salaries in the country, almost entirely cancelled out by the highest rents.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Antonio on San Antonio wages.
San Antonio → San Jose →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.