San Jose, CA → San Diego, CA
Moving to San Diego costs you $347 a month
−$4,164 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 1,609 households moved San Jose → San Diego (avg AGI $165,303). 1,217 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | San Jose | San Diego | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $10,625 | $8,516 | −$2,109 |
| Income and payroll tax | $3,124 | $2,287 | −$837 |
| Take-home pay | $7,501 | $6,229 | −$1,272 |
| Rent | $2,990 | $2,291 | −$699 |
| Getting around | $746 | $650 | −$96 |
| Groceries | $504 | $468 | −$36 |
| Healthcare | $567 | $527 | −$40 |
| Utilities | $315 | $293 | −$22 |
| Everything else | $441 | $410 | −$31 |
| Left over | $1,938 | $1,591 | −$347 |
To break even in San Diego, you'd need to earn
$109,000
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
+$2,354
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 29.4% in San Jose, 26.9% in San Diego.
More about San Diego
San Jose, CA in full
The highest salaries in the country, almost entirely cancelled out by the highest rents.
San Diego, CA in full
The best climate in the country and rents that know it.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Diego on San Diego wages.
San Diego → 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.