Sioux Falls, SD → Denver, CO
Moving to Denver costs you $297 a month
−$3,564 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 30 households moved Sioux Falls → Denver (avg AGI $55,267). 29 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Sioux Falls | Denver | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $8,263 | +$1,013 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $2,061 | +$611 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $6,202 | +$403 |
| Rent | $1,005 | $1,490 | +$485 |
| Getting around | $539 | $551 | +$12 |
| Groceries | $364 | $420 | +$56 |
| Healthcare | $410 | $473 | +$63 |
| Utilities | $228 | $263 | +$35 |
| Everything else | $319 | $368 | +$49 |
| Left over | $2,936 | $2,639 | −$297 |
To break even in Denver, you'd need to earn
$104,500
Household gross, versus $87,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Sioux Falls does now.
The tax difference alone
−$3,721
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.0% in Sioux Falls, 24.9% in Denver.
More about Denver
Sioux Falls, SD in full
No income tax, an 18-minute commute, and nothing to do in February.
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Denver on Denver wages.
Denver → Sioux Falls →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.