$100k salary, packing up from San Jose
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 San Jose
Move to Salt Lake City and the monthly math gets easier. San Jose's rent is the headline; Salt Lake City's is a footnote.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
54% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
4.65%
$387/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,338/mo
$2,250 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
68% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
1.3M
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
San Jose gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 0 in San Jose.
About as much going on as in San Jose.
78/100
11% higher than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
16% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
90
210% more than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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