Texas vs Florida

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 Florida is worth

$96,712

at national prices · RPP 103.4BEA RPP SARPPSource: BEA Regional Price Parities · SARPP · 2024 vintage · released February 2026 · Official API

Your income goes −$6,275 less far in Florida (−6.1% purchasing power).

Show the math

adjusted = income ÷ (RPP ÷ 100)

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

Florida: $100,000 ÷ (103.4 ÷ 100) = $96,712

difference: $96,712 − $102,987 = −$6,275

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	Florida	Difference
All items	97.1	103.4	+6.5%
Housing rents	96.5	122.1	+26.5%
Goods	98.1	98.1	0.0%
Utilities	87.5	90.1	+3.0%
Other services	97.1	101.3	+4.3%

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

FloridaMedian rent$1,669/moMedian home$359,000

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	Florida
Income tax (top rate)	None	None
Sales tax (combined avg)	8.20%	6.98%

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 Florida: the read

The bottom line

Move a $100,000 income from Texas to Florida and its purchasing power changes from $102,987 to $96,712 in national-average terms — a loss of $6,275. Texas is the cheaper of the two, running at 97.1 on the price index versus 103.4.

Where the difference comes from

The widest gap is housing rents: Texas sits at 96.5 and Florida at 122.1 (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 $1,669 in Florida, and the typical home $283,800 versus $359,000. 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%; Florida has no wage income tax and 6.98%. Weigh both against the purchasing-power figure above.

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

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