$100k salary, packing up from Spokane
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
the monthly premium over Spokane
You'd pay for Salt Lake City. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
6% more expensive than Spokane(vs $1,520/mo)
4.65%
$388/mo more in state tax than Spokane
vs 0% in Spokane
$6,338/mo
$475 less than Spokane
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
39% more expensive than Spokane
vs $420k in Spokane
1.3M
vs 600k in Spokane
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Spokane only manages 164 of those.
68% more happening than in Spokane.
78/100
4% lower than Spokane
vs 81/100 in Spokane
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
12% lower than Spokane
vs 91/100 in Spokane
90
800% more than Spokane
vs 10 nonstops in Spokane
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