Salt Lake City, UT → Boise, ID
Moving to Boise costs you $539 a month
−$6,468 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 294 households moved Salt Lake City → Boise (avg AGI $72,310). 262 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Salt Lake City | Boise | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,708 | $7,008 | −$701 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,937 | $1,709 | −$229 |
| Take-home pay | $5,771 | $5,299 | −$472 |
| Rent | $1,269 | $1,361 | +$92 |
| Getting around | $519 | $524 | +$5 |
| Groceries | $396 | $388 | −$8 |
| Healthcare | $446 | $437 | −$9 |
| Utilities | $248 | $243 | −$5 |
| Everything else | $347 | $340 | −$7 |
| Left over | $2,547 | $2,008 | −$539 |
To break even in Boise, you'd need to earn
$94,000
Household gross, versus $92,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Salt Lake City does now.
The tax difference alone
+$251
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 25.1% in Salt Lake City, 24.4% in Boise.
More about Boise
Salt Lake City, UT in full
Four ski resorts inside an hour and a 23-minute average commute.
Boise, ID in full
Outdoor access that rivals Denver, on wages that haven't caught up to the home prices.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Boise on Boise wages.
Boise → Salt Lake City →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.