St. Louis, MO → Denver, CO
Moving to Denver costs you $1 a month
−$12 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | St. Louis | Denver | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $8,287 | +$704 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $2,069 | +$165 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $6,218 | +$539 |
| Rent | $1,144 | $1,490 | +$346 |
| Getting around | $545 | $551 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $368 | $420 | +$52 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $473 | +$59 |
| Utilities | $230 | $263 | +$33 |
| Everything else | $322 | $368 | +$46 |
| Left over | $2,656 | $2,655 | −$1 |
To break even in Denver, you'd need to earn
$99,500
Household gross, versus $91,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as St. Louis does now.
The tax difference alone
+$527
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in St. Louis, 25.0% in Denver.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
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 → St. Louis →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.