St. George vs Salt Lake City leftover
You'd keep $901 more a month in Salt Lake City
$2,556/mo leftover in Salt Lake City vs $1,655 in St. George after tax and rent ($901 more). +$10,812 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
Salt Lake City leftover
$2,556
+$901 vs St. George
Compare St. George to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to St. George.
Monthly gap
St. George → Salt Lake City
$901
more / month in Salt Lake City
$2,556 in Salt Lake City · $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, 583 households moved St. George → Salt Lake City (avg AGI $81,895). 865 went the other way. The whole move →
+$901 / mo
| Per month | St. George | Salt Lake City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,500 | $7,716 | +$1,216 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,524 | $1,940 | +$416 |
| Take-home pay | $4,976 | $5,776 | +$800 |
| Rent | $1,375 | $1,265 | −$110 |
| Getting around | $541 | $519 | −$22 |
| Groceries | $388 | $396 | +$8 |
| Healthcare | $436 | $446 | +$10 |
| Utilities | $242 | $248 | +$6 |
| Everything else | $339 | $347 | +$8 |
| Left over | $1,655 | $2,556 | +$901 |
To break even in Salt Lake City, you'd need to earn
$76,000
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
−$664
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.4% in St. George, 25.1% in Salt Lake City.
More about Salt Lake City
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.
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 → St. George →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Salt Lake City than St. George?
A one-bedroom is about $1,375 in St. George versus $1,265 in Salt Lake City. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $901 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 St. George 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 St. George 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.