Take-home pay in Houston: $6,308/mo

Take-home pay in Houston is $6,308 a month on $95,686 a year, for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom. Leftover after rent and the modelled month is $3,170. Texas has no state income tax. Local pay follows this metro's wage index. Houston 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.

This household's paycheck

Gross is $95,686 a year. Tax lines below are the annual bill; take-home and leftover are monthly. The Houston paycheck page is this leftover with the map.

Take-home pay in Houston
Gross, annual	$95,686
Federal income tax	$12,665
Payroll tax	$7,320
State income tax	$0
Local wage tax	$0
Take-home / month	$6,308
Leftover / month	$3,170

Take-home if you earn it here

One adult, one bedroom, salary paid in Houston so the wage is not rescaled. State tax is the annual bill. Leftover subtracts that one-bedroom rent and the modelled month.

Take-home by salary in Houston
Salary	State tax	Take-home	Leftover
$60,000	$0	$4,187/mo	$1,049/mo
$80,000	$0	$5,389/mo	$2,251/mo
$120,000	$0	$7,731/mo	$4,593/mo
$160,000	$0	$10,009/mo	$6,871/mo

Take-home for a job in Houston

All job take-home pages

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.