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Miami, FL vs Oklahoma City, OK

Simple answer

You'd likely save $1,300 a month in Oklahoma City.

This is the HUD 2-bedroom fair-market rent for October 2026 through September 2027. It is not your lease.

The largest cost gap in this pair is housing prices. The BEA housing price parity differs by 81.7 points (Miami 155.6, Oklahoma City 73.9).

Florida has no tax on wages. Oklahoma taxes wages at rates up to 4.50%. Combined sales tax differs by 2.1 percentage points, higher in Oklahoma. The effective property tax gap is 0.00 percentage points, higher in Florida.

After a move from Florida to Oklahoma, these benefit results change for a family of four at $40,000 and a single adult at $18,000: Marketplace premium tax credits, Medicaid and CHIP.

A $75,000 salary in Miami lines up with about $59,398 in Oklahoma City on the 2024 all-items price parity. Census median gross rent and the commute figures are 2024. Fair Market Rents are fiscal year 2027.

Miami

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$2,564
HUD area
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
Census median gross rent
$2,083
All-items price parity
114.2
Goods price parity
103.6
Utilities price parity
97.2
Mean commute
30.2 min
Median household income
$80,625

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, OK

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,264
HUD area
Oklahoma City, OK HUD Metro FMR Area
Census median gross rent
$1,162
All-items price parity
90.4
Goods price parity
93.8
Utilities price parity
74.1
Mean commute
23.5 min
Median household income
$72,930

Equivalent salary

The first number keeps the same place in the national price level. The second also runs 2026 federal income tax, employee Social Security and Medicare, and a simplified state income tax. Groceries use the BEA goods price parity, not a grocery receipt.

Same buying power

$59,398

Salary in Oklahoma City that matches the 2024 all-items regional price parity.

After state and federal tax

$60,718

Gross salary in Oklahoma City whose after-tax pay buys the same basket, using price parities.

Rent only

$36,973

Scales the salary by the ratio of HUD 2-bedroom Fair Market Rents. Rent is not the whole budget.

Taxes on the two sides of the move

TaxFloridaOklahoma
State income tax on wagesNo wage taxup to 4.50%
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20267.0%9.1%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median0.75%0.75%

On a $400,000 home, the state median effective rate implies about $3,016 a year in Florida and $3,011 in Oklahoma. That illustration is not a local bill. Childcare prices are not in the verified dataset for these metros.

Benefits if you land in Oklahoma

Same household, $40,000 a year, scored once in Florida and once in Oklahoma. This is an illustration, not your application.

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • WIC

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • School meals

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    MiamiMaybe

    Oklahoma CityMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityUnlikely

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    MiamiLikely eligible

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

  • SSI

    MiamiUnlikely

    Oklahoma CityUnlikely

Marketplace premium tax credits changes. In Miami the result is “Likely inside the 2026 subsidy range.” In Oklahoma City it is “Unlikely — Medicaid is the closer program.” Oklahoma expanded Medicaid, and this income is in the Medicaid range. Marketplace subsidies are usually not the program in that case.

Medicaid guide for Oklahoma · SNAP guide

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