$100k salary, packing up from Los Angeles
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
less monthly outlay than Los Angeles
Move to Salt Lake City and the monthly math gets easier. Los Angeles's rent is the headline; Salt Lake City's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
45% cheaper than Los Angeles(vs $2,899/mo)
4.65%
$387/mo less in state tax than Los Angeles
vs 9.3% in Los Angeles
$6,338/mo
$1,679 more than Los Angeles
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
43% cheaper than Los Angeles
vs $1029k in Los Angeles
1.3M
vs 12.8M in Los Angeles
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Los Angeles edges ahead with 283 pleasant days. Winter has bite, though: 33 days drop below 20° vs Los Angeles's 0.
82% fewer events than Los Angeles. The pace eases up.
78/100
16% higher than Los Angeles
vs 67/100 in Los Angeles
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
17% lower than Los Angeles
vs 96/100 in Los Angeles
90
40% fewer than Los Angeles
vs 150 nonstops in Los Angeles
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