$100k salary, packing up from Ann Arbor
changea dispatch from
salt lake city
UT
40.76°N
111.89°W
Salt Lake City sits in a bowl of mountains so close you can be at a ski lift in 30 minutes. The grid is laid out from Temple Square in clean numbered streets that make navigation almost too easy. The Great Salt Lake glints west, the Wasatch towers east, and the city itself has loosened up into a real food and bar scene in the last decade. The powder really is that light.
in our guides
the verdict
less monthly outlay than Ann Arbor
The gap is real. Salt Lake City costs noticeably less than Ann Arbor, every month.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
23% cheaper than Ann Arbor(vs $2,082/mo)
4.65%
$33/mo more in state tax than Ann Arbor
vs 4.25% in Ann Arbor
$6,338/mo
$441 more than Ann Arbor
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
36% more expensive than Ann Arbor
vs $429k in Ann Arbor
1.3M
vs 366k in Ann Arbor
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Ann Arbor barely cracks 154 pleasant ones.
A month here packs 4.4× the events of Ann Arbor.
78/100
39% higher than Ann Arbor
vs 56/100 in Ann Arbor
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
18% lower than Ann Arbor
vs 97/100 in Ann Arbor
90
33% fewer than Ann Arbor
vs 135 nonstops in Ann Arbor
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