Provo vs Salt Lake City leftover
You'd keep $802 more a month in Salt Lake City
$2,560/mo leftover in Salt Lake City vs $1,758 in Provo after tax and rent ($802 more). +$9,624 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
Salt Lake City leftover
$2,560
+$802 vs Provo
Compare Provo to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Provo.
Monthly gap
Provo → Salt Lake City
$802
more / month in Salt Lake City
$2,560 in Salt Lake City · $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, 4,860 households moved Provo → Salt Lake City (avg AGI $72,056). 5,957 went the other way. The whole move →
+$802 / mo
| Per month | Provo | Salt Lake City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,458 | $7,722 | +$1,264 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,510 | $1,942 | +$432 |
| Take-home pay | $4,948 | $5,780 | +$831 |
| Rent | $1,303 | $1,265 | −$38 |
| Getting around | $482 | $519 | +$37 |
| Groceries | $388 | $396 | +$8 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $446 | +$10 |
| Utilities | $242 | $248 | +$6 |
| Everything else | $339 | $347 | +$8 |
| Left over | $1,758 | $2,560 | +$802 |
To break even in Salt Lake City, you'd need to earn
$78,000
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
−$690
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.4% in Provo, 25.2% in Salt Lake City.
More about Salt Lake City
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.
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 → Provo →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Salt Lake City than Provo?
A one-bedroom is about $1,303 in Provo versus $1,265 in Salt Lake City. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $802 a month higher in Salt Lake City. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Salt Lake City have state income tax?
Salt Lake City is in Utah, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Provo to Salt Lake City?
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 Salt Lake City 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.