$100k salary, packing up from Huntsville
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 premium over Huntsville
You'd pay for Salt Lake City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
17% more expensive than Huntsville(vs $1,374/mo)
4.65%
$29/mo less in state tax than Huntsville
vs 5% in Huntsville
$6,338/mo
$205 less than Huntsville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
85% more expensive than Huntsville
vs $316k in Huntsville
1.3M
vs 527k in Huntsville
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Huntsville has the edge here, logging 177 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 33 days below 20° vs Huntsville's 6.
1.9× the events of Huntsville, and the calendar shows it.
78/100
34% higher than Huntsville
vs 58/100 in Huntsville
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
14% higher than Huntsville
vs 70/100 in Huntsville
90
900% more than Huntsville
vs 9 nonstops in Huntsville
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