St. Louis, MO → Kansas City, MO
Moving to Kansas City costs you $60 a month
−$720 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 839 households moved St. Louis → Kansas City (avg AGI $73,156). 696 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | St. Louis | Kansas City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,583 | $0 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $1,905 | $0 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $5,679 | $0 |
| Rent | $1,144 | $1,184 | +$40 |
| Getting around | $545 | $551 | +$6 |
| Groceries | $368 | $372 | +$4 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $419 | +$5 |
| Utilities | $230 | $233 | +$3 |
| Everything else | $322 | $326 | +$4 |
| Left over | $2,656 | $2,596 | −$60 |
To break even in Kansas City, you'd need to earn
$92,000
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in St. Louis, 25.1% in Kansas City.
More about Kansas City
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
Kansas City, MO in full
Genuinely low cost of living for a metro with real amenities.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Kansas City on Kansas City wages.
Kansas City → 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.