Provo vs Ogden leftover
You'd keep $782 more a month in Ogden
$2,540/mo leftover in Ogden vs $1,758 in Provo after tax and rent ($782 more). +$9,384 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Provo leftover
$1,758
a month after tax and rent
Ogden leftover
$2,540
+$782 vs Provo
Compare Provo to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Provo.
Monthly gap
Provo → Ogden
$782
more / month in Ogden
$2,540 in Ogden · $1,758 in Provo · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 994 households moved Provo → Ogden (avg AGI $61,594). 1,132 went the other way. The whole move →
+$782 / mo
| Per month | Provo | Ogden | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,458 | $7,558 | +$1,100 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,510 | $1,886 | +$376 |
| Take-home pay | $4,948 | $5,672 | +$724 |
| Rent | $1,303 | $1,203 | −$100 |
| Getting around | $482 | $524 | +$42 |
| Groceries | $388 | $388 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $436 | $0 |
| Utilities | $242 | $242 | $0 |
| Everything else | $339 | $339 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,758 | $2,540 | +$782 |
To break even in Ogden, you'd need to earn
$76,500
Household gross, versus $77,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Provo does now.
The tax difference alone
−$600
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.4% in Provo, 25.0% in Ogden.
More about Ogden
Provo, UT in full
A flat 4.55% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,551 and 247 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
Ogden, UT in full
A flat 4.55% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,432 and 234 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Ogden on Ogden wages.
Ogden → Provo →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Ogden than Provo?
A one-bedroom is about $1,303 in Provo versus $1,203 in Ogden. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $782 a month higher in Ogden. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Ogden have state income tax?
Ogden is in Utah, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Provo to Ogden?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Utah tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Provo and Ogden moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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.