#6 of 66 for you
Salt Lake City, UT
Four ski resorts inside an hour and a 23-minute average commute.
Left over monthly
$2,567
Versus Chicago
+$187/mo
+$2,244 a year
Local pay for your job
$92,871
Local wages run -1% vs national
Where the money goes
One earner filing as a household, at 1 bedrooms.
- Taxes$1,948
- Rent$1,269
- Other living costs$1,955
- Left over$2,567
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $92,871
- Federal income tax
- −$12,046
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,105
- State income tax (UT)
- −$4,226
- Take-home pay
- $69,495
- Effective tax rate
- 25.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,269
- Groceries
- $396
- Getting around
- $519
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,224
Left over each month
$7,739 gross, minus $1,948 in tax and $3,224 in living costs.
$2,567
What living here is like
- Weather
- 222 sunny days, 93°F in July, 25°F January nights
- Getting around
- Plan on a car per adult
- Average commute
- 23 minutes each way
- Size
- 1.3M people
- Buying instead
- Median home $478,200 — roughly $3,076/mo with 20% down, tax and upkeep
- Taxes
- Utah income tax. Sales tax 7.2%, property tax 0.55%.
How it scores against what you said matters
- Money left over
- 63
- Sun and mild weather
- 70
- Access to the outdoors
- 96
- City life and culture
- 66
- A short commute
- 75
Chicago vs Salt Lake City, line by line
Same job, same household, both tax codes applied.
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