Pay and cost of living in Salt Lake County, UT
Across the 22 occupations we cover in Salt Lake County, UT, the middle median salary is $46,435 a year. Pay runs from $29,070 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $129,600 for Software Developers, a spread of $100,530. Wages come from the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Salt Lake County, UT has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,349 a month and a two-bedroom $1,615. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $22,967 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $46,160 a year, and every one of the 22 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Salt Lake County, UT
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Salt Lake County, UT, set beside the Utah and national medians.
Median household income in Salt Lake County, UT is $97,494, 2% above the Utah median of $95,166 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($16,188) equals 16.6% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $46,435, is 52% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Salt Lake County, UT pay a median of $2,836 a year in real estate taxes, 12% above the Utah median of $2,525. With a median home value of $525,700, 7% above the Utah median of $489,400, the ratio of the two medians is 0.54% a year.
Renters in Salt Lake County, UT pay a median gross rent of $1,592 a month in the Census survey, 6% above the Utah median of $1,496. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,349; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Salt Lake County, UT who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.3 minutes each way, in line with the Utah average of 22.1. 19.7% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.