St. George vs Provo leftover
You'd keep $100 more a month in Provo
$1,755/mo leftover in Provo vs $1,655 in St. George after tax and rent ($100 more). +$1,200 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
St. George leftover
$1,655
a month after tax and rent
Provo leftover
$1,755
+$100 vs St. George
Compare St. George to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to St. George.
Monthly gap
St. George → Provo
$100
more / month in Provo
$1,755 in Provo · $1,655 in St. George · 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, 566 households moved St. George → Provo (avg AGI $63,703). 593 went the other way. The whole move →
+$100 / mo
| Per month | St. George | Provo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,500 | $6,453 | −$47 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,524 | $1,508 | −$16 |
| Take-home pay | $4,976 | $4,945 | −$31 |
| Rent | $1,375 | $1,303 | −$72 |
| Getting around | $541 | $482 | −$59 |
| Groceries | $388 | $388 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $436 | $0 |
| Utilities | $242 | $242 | $0 |
| Everything else | $339 | $339 | $0 |
| Left over | $1,655 | $1,755 | +$100 |
To break even in Provo, you'd need to earn
$75,500
Household gross, versus $78,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as St. George does now.
The tax difference alone
+$26
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.4% in St. George, 23.4% in Provo.
More about Provo
St. George, UT in full
A flat 4.55% state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,637 and 262 sunny days; commutes average 19 minutes.
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.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Provo on Provo wages.
Provo → St. George →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Provo than St. George?
A one-bedroom is about $1,375 in St. George versus $1,303 in Provo. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $100 a month higher in Provo. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Provo have state income tax?
Provo is in Utah, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from St. George to Provo?
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 St. George and Provo 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.