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Oklahoma City, OK vs Orlando, FL

Simple answer

You'd likely save $695 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 49.5 points (Oklahoma City 73.9, Orlando 123.4).

Oklahoma taxes wages at rates up to 4.50%. Florida has no tax on wages. 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 Oklahoma to Florida, 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 Oklahoma City lines up with about $84,134 in Orlando on the 2024 all-items price parity. Census median gross rent and the commute figures are 2024. Fair Market Rents are fiscal year 2027.

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

Orlando

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

2-bedroom Fair Market Rent
$1,959
HUD area
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL MSA
Census median gross rent
$1,877
All-items price parity
101.4
Goods price parity
96.2
Utilities price parity
87.2
Mean commute
29.0 min
Median household income
$81,044

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

$84,134

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

After state and federal tax

$81,150

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

Rent only

$116,238

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

TaxOklahomaFlorida
State income tax on wagesup to 4.50%No wage tax
Combined sales tax, Jan 1, 20269.1%7.0%
Effective property tax, ACS 2024 median / median0.75%0.75%

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

Benefits if you land in Florida

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

  • Food stamps (SNAP)

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • Medicaid and CHIP

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • WIC

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • School meals

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • LIHEAP

    Oklahoma CityMaybe

    OrlandoMaybe

  • Earned Income Tax Credit

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • Child Tax Credit

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • Marketplace premium tax credits

    Oklahoma CityUnlikely

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • Lifeline phone and internet

    Oklahoma CityLikely eligible

    OrlandoLikely eligible

  • SSI

    Oklahoma CityUnlikely

    OrlandoUnlikely

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

Medicaid guide for Florida · SNAP guide

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The eight largest 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent gaps from Oklahoma City.

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