Can I Afford It

Can I afford to relocate to Texas for a new job?

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A wide desert landscape at Big Bend National Park with golden grassland, scrubby cacti, and the jagged Chisos Mountains.

Texas's overall cost of living lands close to the national average - a Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price index of 97.1 against 100 nationally - which is what the starting estimate below is adjusted for, instead of a flat national default.

Texas has no state income tax.

That makes it the 26th most expensive state in the country by this measure, out of 51 - one more real number to weigh before deciding whether a new offer there actually keeps up.

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