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North America
Salt Lake City
UT, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Salt Lake City compare to Phoenix?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Salt Lake City is 0% worse off vs in Phoenix
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Salt Lake City compared to Phoenix, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$89,211
-$3,669 (-4%) vs Phoenix
Tax Rate: 33%
Weather
How does the weather in Salt Lake City compare to Phoenix?
Salt Lake City has better overall weather
4.6/10(vs 1.8/10 in Phoenix)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
18°C(vs 30°C in Phoenix)
Average Low
7°C(vs 18°C in Phoenix)
Sunshine Hours
3,029h/yr-842h/yr(-22%)
Average High in hottest month
33°C(vs 41°C in Phoenix)
Average Low in coldest month
-5°C(vs 8°C in Phoenix)
Rainy Days
58/yr+25/yr(+76%)
Muggy Days
0/yr-16/yr(-99%)
Cloud Cover
38%(vs 27% in Phoenix)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Salt Lake City compare to Phoenix?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Salt Lake City compared to Phoenix?
SWE Affordability
2.8 years
0.5 years quicker than Phoenix
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Salt Lake City has around 5 Luma events listed.
That's 400% more events than Phoenix.
Salary Converter
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