on $100k a year, leaving Little Rock
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
pricier each month than Little Rock
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
33% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
4.65%
$21/mo more in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,338/mo
$420 less than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
156% more expensive than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
1.3M
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Little Rock only manages 163 of those. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 6 in Little Rock.
Nights and weekends fill up faster. 4.8× more on the calendar than Little Rock.
78/100
44% higher than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
63% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
90
429% more than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
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