York vs Pittsburgh leftover
Moving to Pittsburgh costs you $134 a month
$2,531/mo leftover in Pittsburgh vs $2,665 in York after tax and rent ($134 less). −$1,608 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
York leftover
$2,665
a month after tax and rent
Pittsburgh leftover
$2,531
−$134 vs York
Compare York to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to York.
Monthly gap
York → Pittsburgh
$134
less / month in York
$2,531 in Pittsburgh · $2,665 in York · 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, 133 households moved York → Pittsburgh (avg AGI $59,556). 63 went the other way. The whole move →
−$134 / mo
| Per month | York | Pittsburgh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,625 | $7,508 | −$117 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,872 | $1,983 | +$111 |
| Take-home pay | $5,753 | $5,525 | −$228 |
| Rent | $1,048 | $1,163 | +$115 |
| Getting around | $586 | $497 | −$89 |
| Groceries | $401 | $368 | −$33 |
| Healthcare | $451 | $414 | −$37 |
| Utilities | $251 | $230 | −$21 |
| Everything else | $351 | $322 | −$29 |
| Left over | $2,665 | $2,531 | −$134 |
To break even in Pittsburgh, you'd need to earn
$92,500
Household gross, versus $91,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as York does now.
The tax difference alone
−$1,745
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.6% in York, 26.4% in Pittsburgh.
More about Pittsburgh
York, PA in full
A flat 3.07% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,248 and 195 sunny days; commutes average 27 minutes.
Pittsburgh, PA in full
Real city density and a robotics job market, at Rust Belt prices.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh wages.
Pittsburgh → York →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Pittsburgh than York?
A one-bedroom is about $1,048 in York versus $1,163 in Pittsburgh. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $134 a month lower in Pittsburgh. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Pittsburgh have state income tax?
Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 3.00%.
What changes if you move from York to Pittsburgh?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Pennsylvania 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 York and Pittsburgh 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.