St. Louis, MO → New York, NY
Moving to New York costs you $1,410 a month
−$16,920 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | St. Louis | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $9,303 | +$1,720 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $2,891 | +$986 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $6,412 | +$734 |
| Rent | $1,144 | $3,021 | +$1,877 |
| Getting around | $545 | $347 | −$198 |
| Groceries | $368 | $496 | +$128 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $558 | +$144 |
| Utilities | $230 | $310 | +$80 |
| Everything else | $322 | $434 | +$112 |
| Left over | $2,656 | $1,246 | −$1,410 |
To break even in New York, you'd need to earn
$140,500
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
−$5,717
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in St. Louis, 31.1% in New York.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
New York, NY in full
The one place where skipping a car genuinely offsets the rent.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from New York on New York wages.
New York → 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.