Texarkana vs Dallas leftover
You'd keep $319 more a month in Dallas
$3,042/mo leftover in Dallas vs $2,723 in Texarkana after tax and rent ($319 more). +$3,828 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Texarkana leftover
$2,723
a month after tax and rent
Dallas leftover
$3,042
+$319 vs Texarkana
Compare Texarkana to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Texarkana.
Monthly gap
Texarkana → Dallas
$319
more / month in Dallas
$3,042 in Dallas · $2,723 in Texarkana · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 333 households moved Texarkana → Dallas (avg AGI $50,829). 273 went the other way. The whole move →
+$319 / mo
| Per month | Texarkana | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,792 | $7,963 | +$1,171 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,315 | $1,662 | +$347 |
| Take-home pay | $5,477 | $6,301 | +$824 |
| Rent | $877 | $1,258 | +$381 |
| Getting around | $567 | $580 | +$13 |
| Groceries | $361 | $392 | +$31 |
| Healthcare | $406 | $441 | +$35 |
| Utilities | $226 | $245 | +$19 |
| Everything else | $316 | $343 | +$27 |
| Left over | $2,723 | $3,042 | +$319 |
To break even in Dallas, you'd need to earn
$90,000
Household gross, versus $81,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Texarkana does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Dallas
Texarkana, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,044 and 216 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Dallas on Dallas wages.
Dallas → Texarkana →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Dallas than Texarkana?
A one-bedroom is about $877 in Texarkana versus $1,258 in Dallas. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $319 a month higher in Dallas. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Dallas have state income tax?
Dallas is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Texarkana to Dallas?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Texas tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Texarkana and Dallas moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.