on $100k a year, leaving Omaha
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
more each month than Omaha ran you
A small premium for Salt Lake City. Worth it only if the rest of the city earns it back.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
14% more expensive than Omaha(vs $1,412/mo)
4.65%
$99/mo less in state tax than Omaha
vs 5.84% in Omaha
$6,338/mo
$97 less than Omaha
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
91% more expensive than Omaha
vs $306k in Omaha
1.3M
vs 985k in Omaha
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Omaha only manages 145 of those.
Things to do run about even with Omaha.
78/100
47% higher than Omaha
vs 53/100 in Omaha
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
8% lower than Omaha
vs 87/100 in Omaha
90
374% more than Omaha
vs 19 nonstops in Omaha
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