on $100k a year, leaving Augusta
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
more each month than Augusta ran you
Barely costlier than Augusta. If Salt Lake City pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
11% more expensive than Augusta(vs $1,443/mo)
4.65%
$70/mo less in state tax than Augusta
vs 5.49% in Augusta
$6,338/mo
$95 less than Augusta
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
136% more expensive than Augusta
vs $247k in Augusta
1.3M
vs 628k in Augusta
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Augusta gets 191 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 2 in Augusta.
A real upgrade on things to do: 20.7× Augusta's pace.
78/100
70% higher than Augusta
vs 46/100 in Augusta
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
8% higher than Augusta
vs 74/100 in Augusta
90
2900% more than Augusta
vs 3 nonstops in Augusta
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