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See what you’d keep after you move

Pick your job and the city you’re considering. We take the typical local wage and subtract federal, payroll, state and local taxes, rent and everyday costs, using public government data.

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Pay is the local median for the job (BLS). Leave the salary blank to use it, or enter your own: the stub updates as you type.

  • Government data only
  • 179 cities
  • 40 jobs
  • Updated October 2026
Registered nurseAustin, TXPay periodOne year
Median salary
$97,890

Taxes

Federal income tax
−$12,706
Payroll taxes
−$7,489
State income tax
$0

Living costs

Rent, 1-bedroom
−$19,608
Everyday costs
−$16,574

You keep

after taxes, rent and everyday costs

$41,513a year, or $3,459 a month

Wages: BLS. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents. Taxes: IRS, SSA, state and local schedules. Everyday costs: BLS spending data adjusted for local prices (BEA).

Cost of living in Austin

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What a typical worker keeps after taxes, a 1-bedroom rent and everyday costs.

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Side-by-side costs, taxes and pay for the moves people search for most. The chip shows how much more or less a typical worker keeps after the move.

How it works

  1. Pick your job

    Choose a common job to use its local median pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or enter your own salary.

  2. Pick a city

    Each of the 179 cities has its own wages, rents and tax rules, so the same job pays differently.

  3. See what's left

    Tax, rent and everyday costs come off the top. What remains is yours to save or spend.

Where the numbers come from

Every figure on CityTown is computed from public US government data. Each page names its sources.

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