Victoria vs San Antonio leftover
You'd keep $172 more a month in San Antonio
$2,824/mo leftover in San Antonio vs $2,652 in Victoria after tax and rent ($172 more). +$2,064 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Victoria leftover
$2,652
a month after tax and rent
San Antonio leftover
$2,824
+$172 vs Victoria
Compare Victoria to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Victoria.
Monthly gap
Victoria → San Antonio
$172
more / month in San Antonio
$2,824 in San Antonio · $2,652 in Victoria · 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, 201 households moved Victoria → San Antonio (avg AGI $55,090). 113 went the other way. The whole move →
+$172 / mo
| Per month | Victoria | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,833 | $7,255 | +$421 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,327 | $1,452 | +$125 |
| Take-home pay | $5,506 | $5,802 | +$296 |
| Rent | $972 | $1,049 | +$77 |
| Getting around | $567 | $566 | −$1 |
| Groceries | $363 | $376 | +$13 |
| Healthcare | $408 | $423 | +$15 |
| Utilities | $227 | $235 | +$8 |
| Everything else | $317 | $329 | +$12 |
| Left over | $2,652 | $2,824 | +$172 |
To break even in San Antonio, you'd need to earn
$84,000
Household gross, versus $82,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Victoria does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about San Antonio
Victoria, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,157 and 225 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
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 → Victoria →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in San Antonio than Victoria?
A one-bedroom is about $972 in Victoria versus $1,049 in San Antonio. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $172 a month higher in San Antonio. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does San Antonio have state income tax?
San Antonio is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Victoria to San Antonio?
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 Victoria and San Antonio 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.