$100k salary, packing up from Houston
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
the monthly cost of moving past Houston
Salt Lake City runs a little pricier than Houston. The case has to be about something other than rent.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
0% more expensive than Houston(vs $1,610/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Houston
vs 0% in Houston
$6,338/mo
$385 less than Houston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
88% more expensive than Houston
vs $311k in Houston
1.3M
vs 7.5M in Houston
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Houston edges ahead with 171 pleasant days. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 1 in Houston.
Houston hosts 3.4× more events.
78/100
42% higher than Houston
vs 55/100 in Houston
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
4% higher than Houston
vs 77/100 in Houston
90
49% fewer than Houston
vs 176 nonstops in Houston
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