St. Louis, MO → San Antonio, TX
You'd keep $177 more a month in San Antonio
+$2,124 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
| Per month | St. Louis | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $7,271 | −$313 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,905 | $1,457 | −$448 |
| Take-home pay | $5,679 | $5,814 | +$135 |
| Rent | $1,144 | $1,052 | −$92 |
| Getting around | $545 | $566 | +$21 |
| Groceries | $368 | $376 | +$8 |
| Healthcare | $414 | $423 | +$9 |
| Utilities | $230 | $235 | +$5 |
| Everything else | $322 | $329 | +$7 |
| Left over | $2,656 | $2,833 | +$177 |
To break even in San Antonio, you'd need to earn
$84,000
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
+$4,260
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
St. Louis, MO in full
The lowest home prices of any metro over 2 million people.
San Antonio, TX in full
Among the cheapest big-city rents in the country, with the highest property tax rate here.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from San Antonio on San Antonio wages.
San Antonio → 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.