St. Louis, MO → Philadelphia, PA
Moving to Philadelphia costs you $230 a month
−$2,760 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | St. Louis | Philadelphia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $8,131 | +$547 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $2,266 | +$362 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $5,864 | +$186 |
| Rent | $1,144 | $1,541 | +$397 |
| Getting around | $545 | $418 | −$127 |
| Groceries | $368 | $408 | +$40 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $459 | +$45 |
| Utilities | $230 | $255 | +$25 |
| Everything else | $322 | $357 | +$35 |
| Left over | $2,656 | $2,426 | −$230 |
To break even in Philadelphia, you'd need to earn
$102,000
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
−$2,394
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in St. Louis, 27.9% in Philadelphia.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
Philadelphia, PA in full
East Coast density at half of Boston's rent, minus a 3.75% city wage tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Philadelphia on Philadelphia wages.
Philadelphia → 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.