$90,000 in Salt Lake City ≈ $95,352 in Bridgeport

$95,352

Purchasing-power equivalent using BEA RPP 2024 (100.9 → 106.9). BLS OEWS May 2025 wages on linked pages.

Prices in Bridgeport run +5.9% vs Salt Lake City for equal purchasing power at this salary level.

Salt Lake City RPP
100.9
Bridgeport RPP
106.9
Price gap
+5.9%
Base salary
$90,000

Prices in Bridgeport run +5.9% versus Salt Lake City on BEA all-items RPP (2024), so overall price levels are higher at the destination. A $90,000 paycheck in Salt Lake City maps to about $95,352 in Bridgeport for equal purchasing power.

Your salary

Needed in Bridgeport: $95,352

Live math: salary × (106.9 ÷ 100.9). Same formula as the static ladder below.

Salary needed in Bridgeport

In Salt Lake CityIn Bridgeport
$60,000$63,568
$90,000$95,352
$150,000$158,920

Equivalent = origin salary × (106.9 ÷ 100.9). Adjust the base with the slider above.

Price level components

ComponentSalt Lake CityBridgeportUS
All items100.9106.9100
Goods96.497.3100
Housing (rents)123.3150.5100
Other services99.0102.7100

BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, US = 100. Housing is rents; utilities omitted in this view.

Wages in both metros

OccupationSalt Lake CityBridgeportDest. middle halfDest. OEWS emp.Gap
Chief Executives$190,400$388,060$224,850 to $517,910480+103.8%
Physicians, All Other$119,600$367,050$327,370 to $430,830830+206.9%
Financial Managers$158,720$211,000$139,620 to $307,9907,210+32.9%
Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,810$201,440$157,300 to $264,2502,900+25.3%
Architectural and Engineering Managers$160,250$199,040$161,960 to $220,180970+24.2%
Human Resources Managers$133,620$191,190$150,270 to $262,490990+43.1%
Lawyers$136,990$180,610$129,060 to $330,3302,100+31.8%
Managers, All Other$140,760$174,520$121,610 to $228,9802,040+24.0%

BLS OEWS May 2025 metro medians where published for both CBSAs. Employment is OEWS published employment, not job openings.

FAQ

What salary do I need in Bridgeport to match $90,000 in Salt Lake City?
About $95,352, based on BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) of 100.9 and 106.9. Formula: salary × (RPP_destination / RPP_origin). Not financial advice.
What do goods, housing, and other RPP components mean?
BEA publishes component indexes alongside all-items RPP. Goods covers merchandise prices; housing (rents) covers rents; other services covers remaining services. All are indexed to US = 100 for the same vintage year.
How do OEWS wages relate to this comparison?
BLS OEWS (May 2025) publishes occupation medians by metro. The wage bridge shows jobs with published medians in both metros, plus middle-half bands and OEWS employment where available. RPP adjusts purchasing power; OEWS reports pay.
Does this include taxes or benefits?
No. PayByCity does not model income taxes, childcare, healthcare premiums, or leave. Use the figures as a price-level starting point, not a take-home or total-rewards calculator.

What this covers

Includes

  • BEA Regional Price Parities (all items, goods, housing rents, other services)
  • BLS OEWS median wages, percentile bands, and employment where published
  • Purchasing-power math: salary × (destination RPP ÷ origin RPP)

Does not include

  • Federal, state, or local income taxes
  • Childcare, healthcare premiums, or leave benefits
  • Job openings. OEWS employment is a published stock estimate, not hiring demand

See methodology and disclaimer.