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El Paso, TX

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Cost of living in El Paso: $2,548 leftover

Cost of living in El Paso, as leftover, is $2,548 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $1,008 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs run 11% below the US average. Texas has no state income tax. El Paso 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 $5,373 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 El Paso
Rent$1,008
Groceries$356
Transport$527
Healthcare$401
Utilities$223
Childcare$0
Everything else$312
Total costs$2,825
Leftover$2,548

Sales tax is about 8.2%. Property tax is modelled at 2.10% of a $167,000 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.89).

Asking rent by bedroom

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

  • Studio

    $864

  • 1 bedroom

    $1,008

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,200

  • 3 bedrooms

    $1,572

  • 4 bedrooms

    $1,860

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 El Paso

What is the cost of living in El Paso?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in El Paso, TX is about $2,548 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $1,008 for a one-bedroom and $1,200 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

How does El Paso compare with a cost-of-living index?

A price index would say non-housing costs run 11% below the US average. Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. El Paso is a hand-reviewed metro.

Where is take-home pay in El Paso calculated?

The take-home page for El Paso 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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