Wenatchee vs Longview leftover
You'd keep $341 more a month in Longview
$2,449/mo leftover in Longview vs $2,108 in Wenatchee after tax and rent ($341 more). +$4,092 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Wenatchee leftover
$2,108
a month after tax and rent
Longview leftover
$2,449
+$341 vs Wenatchee
Compare Wenatchee to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Wenatchee.
Monthly gap
Wenatchee → Longview
$341
more / month in Longview
$2,449 in Longview · $2,108 in Wenatchee · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
+$341 / mo
| Per month | Wenatchee | Longview | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,042 | $7,213 | +$171 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,389 | $1,440 | +$51 |
| Take-home pay | $5,653 | $5,773 | +$120 |
| Rent | $1,386 | $1,100 | −$286 |
| Getting around | $602 | $667 | +$65 |
| Groceries | $430 | $430 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $483 | $483 | $0 |
| Utilities | $269 | $269 | $0 |
| Everything else | $376 | $376 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,108 | $2,449 | +$341 |
To break even in Longview, you'd need to earn
$80,500
Household gross, versus $84,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Wenatchee does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Washington has no wage income tax.
More about Longview
Wenatchee, WA in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,650 and 152 sunny days; commutes average 20 minutes.
Longview, WA in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,309 and 138 sunny days; commutes average 27 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Longview on Longview wages.
Longview → Wenatchee →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Longview than Wenatchee?
A one-bedroom is about $1,386 in Wenatchee versus $1,100 in Longview. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $341 a month higher in Longview. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Longview have state income tax?
Longview is in Washington, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Wenatchee to Longview?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Washington 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 Wenatchee and Longview 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.