Sioux Falls, SD → Phoenix, AZ
Moving to Phoenix costs you $374 a month
−$4,488 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 195 households moved Sioux Falls → Phoenix (avg AGI $69,538). 127 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Sioux Falls | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,250 | $7,562 | +$312 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,451 | $1,702 | +$251 |
| Take-home pay | $5,799 | $5,860 | +$61 |
| Rent | $1,005 | $1,276 | +$271 |
| Getting around | $539 | $586 | +$47 |
| Groceries | $364 | $396 | +$32 |
| Healthcare | $410 | $446 | +$36 |
| Utilities | $228 | $248 | +$20 |
| Everything else | $319 | $347 | +$28 |
| Left over | $2,936 | $2,562 | −$374 |
To break even in Phoenix, you'd need to earn
$97,500
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
−$1,904
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.0% in Sioux Falls, 22.5% in Phoenix.
More about Phoenix
Sioux Falls, SD in full
No income tax, an 18-minute commute, and nothing to do in February.
Phoenix, AZ in full
A 2.5% flat income tax, cheap housing for a big metro, and a genuinely dangerous July.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Phoenix on Phoenix wages.
Phoenix → 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.