Texas vs Colorado

Household income

Currently in

Moving to

Your $100,000 in Texas is worth

$102,987

at national prices · RPP 97.1BEA RPP SARPPSource: BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 vintage · released February 2026 · Official API

The same income in Colorado is worth

$96,993

at national prices · RPP 103.1BEA RPP SARPPSource: BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 vintage · released February 2026 · Official API

Your income goes −$5,994 less far in Colorado (−5.8% purchasing power).

Show the math

adjusted = income ÷ (RPP ÷ 100)

Texas: $100,000 ÷ (97.1 ÷ 100) = $102,987

Colorado: $100,000 ÷ (103.1 ÷ 100) = $96,993

difference: $96,993 − $102,987 = −$5,994

Where the difference comes from

Price level by component, 100 = US average. Higher means more expensive.

Regional price parity by component for the two states, with the percentage difference.
Component	Texas	Colorado	Difference
All items	97.1	103.1	+6.2%
Housing rents	96.5	127.4	+32.0%
Goods	98.1	98.7	+0.6%
Utilities	87.5	85.0	−2.9%
Other services	97.1	99.6	+2.6%

BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 · rel. February 2026 · Official API

Housing reality check

Typical rent and home price in each state — tangible context beyond the index.

TexasMedian rent$1,403/moMedian home$283,800

ColoradoMedian rent$1,761/moMedian home$539,400

US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates · ACS5 · 2024 · rel. December 2025 · Official API

Tax at a glance

Hand-curated, tax year 2026 · verified 2026-07-20

Income and sales tax for the two states.
Tax	Texas	Colorado
Income tax (top rate)	None	4.40%
Sales tax (combined avg)	8.20%	7.89%

Tax Foundation (income & sales) · Tax · 2026 · rel. tax year 2026 · Manually maintained · verified 2026-07-20

Official API Manually maintained2 of 3 metrics sourced from official APIs, 1 manually maintained. How every number is calculated →

Texas vs Colorado: the read

The bottom line

Move a $100,000 income from Texas to Colorado and its purchasing power changes from $102,987 to $96,993 in national-average terms — a loss of $5,994. Texas is the cheaper of the two, running at 97.1 on the price index versus 103.1.

Where the difference comes from

The widest gap is housing rents: Texas sits at 96.5 and Colorado at 127.4 (100 = national). Texas has the edge there, and it's the main reason the two states diverge.

Housing

Median rent runs $1,403 in Texas against $1,761 in Colorado, and the typical home $283,800 versus $539,400. Texas is the more affordable place to buy.

Taxes

On tax, Texas has no wage income tax and a combined sales tax of 8.20%; Colorado has 4.40% top income tax and 7.89%. Weigh both against the purchasing-power figure above.

Full profiles: Texas ·Colorado. Every figure here is sourced on the pages linked above.

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