Denver, CO → Salt Lake City, UT
Moving to Salt Lake City costs you $85 a month
−$1,020 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 397 households moved Denver → Salt Lake City (avg AGI $92,365). 402 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Denver | Salt Lake City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $8,250 | $7,705 | −$545 |
| Income and payroll tax | $2,057 | $1,936 | −$120 |
| Take-home pay | $6,193 | $5,769 | −$424 |
| Rent | $1,490 | $1,269 | −$221 |
| Getting around | $551 | $519 | −$32 |
| Groceries | $420 | $396 | −$24 |
| Healthcare | $473 | $446 | −$27 |
| Utilities | $263 | $248 | −$15 |
| Everything else | $368 | $347 | −$21 |
| Left over | $2,630 | $2,545 | −$85 |
To break even in Salt Lake City, you'd need to earn
$94,000
Household gross, versus $99,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Denver does now.
The tax difference alone
−$493
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 24.9% in Denver, 25.1% in Salt Lake City.
More about Salt Lake City
Denver, CO in full
Mountains in an hour, 245 sunny days, and a flat 4.4% state tax.
Salt Lake City, UT in full
Four ski resorts inside an hour and a 23-minute average commute.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Salt Lake City on Salt Lake City wages.
Salt Lake City → Denver →Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.