$100k a year, no longer in San Antonio
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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 cost of moving past San Antonio
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
15% more expensive than San Antonio(vs $1,394/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than San Antonio
vs 0% in San Antonio
$6,338/mo
$601 less than San Antonio
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
108% more expensive than San Antonio
vs $280k in San Antonio
1.3M
vs 2.7M in San Antonio
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
San Antonio only manages 167 of those. Cold snaps are part of the year: 33 days below 20° here, 0 in San Antonio.
45% fewer events than San Antonio. The pace eases up.
78/100
59% higher than San Antonio
vs 49/100 in San Antonio
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
18% lower than San Antonio
vs 97/100 in San Antonio
90
157% more than San Antonio
vs 35 nonstops in San Antonio
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