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Dallas, TX

Hand-reviewed metro

Cost of living in Dallas: $3,049 leftover

Cost of living in Dallas, as leftover, is $3,049 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,258 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.98). Texas has no state income tax. Dallas is a hand-reviewed metro.

Compare vs ChicagoHow the math works

These figures start from one adult in a one-bedroom, on local pay of about $98,500. Change the job, the pay, or how many bedrooms you need, and leftover changes. This is a monthly budget, not a cost-of-living index.

The month, in dollars

Take-home is $6,308 after tax. These lines are the modelled bills, then what is left. The monthly costs page is the same household inside the city hub.

Monthly costs and leftover in Dallas
Rent$1,258
Groceries$392
Transport$580
Healthcare$441
Utilities$245
Childcare$0
Everything else$343
Total costs$3,259
Leftover$3,049

Sales tax is about 8.2%. Property tax is modelled at 1.49% of a $330,300 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.98).

Asking rent by bedroom

Turnover asking rent in Dallas, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.

  • Studio

    $1,079

  • 1 bedroom

    $1,258

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,498

  • 3 bedrooms

    $1,962

  • 4 bedrooms

    $2,322

Leftover in other metros nearby

Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.

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. Change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms and the ranking is a different city. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.

Cost of living in Dallas

What is the cost of living in Dallas?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Dallas, TX is about $3,049 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,258 for a one-bedroom and $1,498 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

How does Dallas compare with a cost-of-living index?

A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.98). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Dallas is a hand-reviewed metro.

Where is take-home pay in Dallas calculated?

The take-home page for Dallas splits federal, payroll, state and local wage tax, then subtracts rent. The city paycheck page is the same leftover math with the map.

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