Moving states, costed out

Every one of these runs the same calculation: the salary you'd need at the other end to stay level, what changes in state income tax in dollars, and what the price level difference is actually worth on a paycheck.

Data: US Bureau of Economic AnalysisPrice data: 2024 federal figuresTax year: 2026

These pages are financial only. They won't tell you what a place is like to live in, and they don't rank moving companies, because we hold no data on either and won't invent it. What they will tell you is whether the offer on the table is a raise.

156 comparisons across 23 origin states, each one showing the break-even salary at $100,000 alongside the destination. A negative figure means a smaller salary there leaves you exactly as well off.

Moving from California price level 110.7 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$15,900 Colorado −$11,800 Florida −$16,100 Georgia −$17,900 Nevada −$19,200 North Carolina −$20,800 Oregon −$5,100 South Carolina −$21,000 Tennessee −$26,800 Texas −$21,900 Utah −$14,900 Washington −$12,700

Moving from Illinois price level 100.0 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$2,900 Florida −$3,200 Georgia −$5,100 Indiana −$10,200 Missouri −$12,000 Nevada −$6,800 North Carolina −$8,400 South Carolina −$8,100 Tennessee −$15,400 Texas −$9,900 Wisconsin −$7,400

Moving from New York price level 107.9 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$11,700 Connecticut −$5,400 Florida −$11,900 Georgia −$13,800 Nevada −$15,200 New Jersey −$400 North Carolina −$16,800 Pennsylvania −$13,800 South Carolina −$16,800 Tennessee −$23,100 Texas −$18,000

Moving from Massachusetts price level 105.8 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$9,000 Florida −$9,200 Georgia −$11,000 Maine −$8,400 Nevada −$12,600 New Hampshire −$8,400 North Carolina −$14,100 South Carolina −$14,100 Tennessee −$20,700 Texas −$15,500

Moving from New Jersey price level 108.8 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$11,300 Florida −$11,500 Georgia −$13,400 Nevada −$14,900 New York +$400 North Carolina −$16,400 Pennsylvania −$13,400 South Carolina −$16,400 Tennessee −$22,800 Texas −$17,700

Moving from Colorado price level 103.1 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$4,700 Florida −$4,900 Georgia −$6,800 Nevada −$8,500 North Carolina −$10,000 South Carolina −$9,800 Tennessee −$16,900 Texas −$11,500 Utah −$3,500

Moving from Connecticut price level 103.6 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$6,700 Florida −$7,000 Georgia −$8,800 Massachusetts +$2,500 Nevada −$10,400 North Carolina −$12,000 South Carolina −$11,800 Tennessee −$18,700 Texas −$13,400

Moving from Maryland price level 105.0 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$7,600 Florida −$7,900 Georgia −$9,700 Nevada −$11,300 North Carolina −$12,800 South Carolina −$12,700 Tennessee −$19,500 Texas −$14,200 Virginia −$3,400

Moving from Michigan price level 96.2 (100 = US average)

Arizona +$2,700 Florida +$2,300 Georgia +$500 Nevada −$1,500 North Carolina −$3,000 Ohio −$6,900 South Carolina −$2,600 Tennessee −$10,500 Texas −$4,700

Moving from Minnesota price level 98.6 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$2,100 Florida −$2,400 Georgia −$4,200 Nevada −$6,000 North Carolina −$7,600 South Carolina −$7,300 Tennessee −$14,600 Texas −$9,100 Wisconsin −$6,600

Moving from Ohio price level 92.8 (100 = US average)

Arizona +$10,100 Florida +$9,700 Georgia +$7,900 Kentucky −$1,100 Nevada +$5,700 North Carolina +$4,100 South Carolina +$4,600 Tennessee −$3,900 Texas +$2,300

Moving from Oregon price level 103.4 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$11,400 Florida −$11,600 Georgia −$13,500 Nevada −$14,900 North Carolina −$16,500 South Carolina −$16,500 Tennessee −$22,800 Texas −$17,800 Washington −$8,100

Moving from Pennsylvania price level 97.6 (100 = US average)

Arizona +$2,400 Delaware +$6,300 Florida +$2,100 Georgia +$200 Nevada −$1,700 North Carolina −$3,300 South Carolina −$2,900 Tennessee −$10,700 Texas −$4,900

Moving from Virginia price level 101.1 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$4,300 Florida −$4,600 Georgia −$6,500 Maryland +$3,500 Nevada −$8,200 North Carolina −$9,700 South Carolina −$9,500 Tennessee −$16,600 Texas −$11,200

Moving from Washington price level 107.0 (100 = US average)

Arizona −$3,500 Florida −$3,800 Georgia −$5,600 Nevada −$7,400 North Carolina −$8,900 Oregon +$8,900 South Carolina −$8,700 Tennessee −$15,900 Texas −$10,400

Moving from Florida price level 103.4 (100 = US average)

Georgia −$1,800 New York +$13,600 Texas −$6,900

Moving from Texas price level 97.1 (100 = US average)

California +$29,700 Colorado +$13,000 Florida +$7,300

Moving from Arizona price level 100.7 (100 = US average)

California +$19,800

Moving from Georgia price level 96.3 (100 = US average)

Florida +$1,800

Moving from Nevada price level 100.0 (100 = US average)

California +$25,200

Moving from North Carolina price level 94.3 (100 = US average)

South Carolina +$400

Moving from South Carolina price level 93.7 (100 = US average)

North Carolina −$400

Moving from Tennessee price level 91.9 (100 = US average)

Florida +$14,100

Already know which city?

A state figure is an average across every county in it. The city pages run the same calculation on a single metro, with rent and seventeen years of price history.

Salary breakdowns by city

Comparing two specific places?

Your salary, your two cities, real federal price data. Takes about fifteen seconds.

Compare my cities