on $100k a year, leaving St. Louis
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
pricier each month than St. Louis
Barely costlier than St. Louis. If Salt Lake City pulls you in, it's the life it offers, not the price tag.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
14% more expensive than St. Louis(vs $1,411/mo)
4.65%
$4/mo less in state tax than St. Louis
vs 4.7% in St. Louis
$6,338/mo
$193 less than St. Louis
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
111% more expensive than St. Louis
vs $277k in St. Louis
1.3M
vs 2.8M in St. Louis
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
St. Louis gets 174 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
Comparable to St. Louis for events and concerts.
78/100
15% higher than St. Louis
vs 68/100 in St. Louis
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
8% lower than St. Louis
vs 87/100 in St. Louis
90
50% more than St. Louis
vs 60 nonstops in St. Louis
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