Paycheck Atlas

New Orleans, LA vs Austin, TX

Overall prices in Austin, TX run 6% higher than in New Orleans, LA. To keep the same lifestyle you would need $106k in Austin, TX for every $100k you earn in New Orleans, LA.

Salary in New Orleans, LAEquivalent in Austin, TXTake-home in LATake-home in TX
$50,000$52,953$3,405/mo$3,727/mo
$75,000$79,430$4,945/mo$5,392/mo
$100,000$105,906$6,348/mo$6,945/mo
$150,000$158,859$9,108/mo$9,987/mo
$1,217Median rent, New Orleans, LA
$1,726Median rent, Austin, TX

Equivalent salary scales by BEA Regional Price Parities (all items). Take-home columns apply each state's tax to the matching salary, so the equivalent salary is not the same as the same take-home.

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