$100k salary, packing up from Kennewick
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 Kennewick
Salt Lake City costs meaningfully more. Whether it earns that back in the day-to-day is the actual question.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
5% cheaper than Kennewick(vs $1,686/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Kennewick
vs 0% in Kennewick
$6,338/mo
$309 less than Kennewick
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
32% more expensive than Kennewick
vs $441k in Kennewick
1.3M
vs 314k in Kennewick
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Kennewick actually gets more: 199 pleasant days a year. Winter shows up, though: 33 days below 20° vs Kennewick's 8.
A month here packs 62.0× the events of Kennewick.
78/100
5% higher than Kennewick
vs 74/100 in Kennewick
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
45% higher than Kennewick
vs 55/100 in Kennewick
90
1025% more than Kennewick
vs 8 nonstops in Kennewick
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