Washington, DC → Nashville, TN
Moving to Nashville costs you $229 a month
−$2,748 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 463 households moved Washington → Nashville (avg AGI $103,784). 351 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Washington | Nashville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $9,667 | $7,562 | −$2,105 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,752 | $1,543 | −$1,209 |
| Take-home pay | $6,914 | $6,019 | −$896 |
| Rent | $1,929 | $1,399 | −$530 |
| Getting around | $463 | $559 | +$96 |
| Groceries | $452 | $388 | −$64 |
| Healthcare | $508 | $437 | −$71 |
| Utilities | $283 | $243 | −$40 |
| Everything else | $395 | $340 | −$55 |
| Left over | $2,883 | $2,654 | −$229 |
To break even in Nashville, you'd need to earn
$94,500
Household gross, versus $116,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Washington does now.
The tax difference alone
+$7,019
A year, in state and local income tax. Tennessee has no wage income tax.
More about Nashville
Washington, DC in full
Recession-resistant government and consulting pay, humid summers, real transit.
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Nashville on Nashville wages.
Nashville → Washington →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.