Utah residents spends $61 less per month on household expenses than the national average, according to doxo.
The web and mobile bill-pay service analyzed what Americans are paying in the 25 largest metro areas — and it included Provo and Orem as part of Salt Lake City. According to doxo’s analysis, the average American household pay $984 a month for the nine “most common” bills (excluding rent or mortgage payments); the average Salt Lake household pays $923.
That’s 17% of the average monthly household income for locals — $5,537. And that puts Utah tied for 19th on the list, with Miami the most expensive and Charlotte, N.C., the least expensive.
Here is doxo's ranking:
1. Miami • $1,157
2. New York • $1,126
3. (tie) Los Angeles • $1,096
3. (tie) San Francisco • $1,096
5. Washington, D.C. • $1,070
6. Philadelphia • $1,062
7. (tie) Detroit • $1,061
7. (tie) Pittsburgh • $1,061
9. Houston • $1,037
10. Boston • $1,036
11. Denver • $1,015
12. Dallas • $991
13. Portland • $989
14. Chicago • $976
15. Seattle • $958
16. Orlando • $949
17. Sacramento • $941
18. Columbus, Ohio • $940
19. (tie) Minneapolis • $923
19. (tie) Salt Lake City • $923
21. Cleveland • $921
22. Kansas City • $911
23. St. Louis • $899
24. Atlanta • $876
25. Charlotte, N.C. • $869
(According to doxo, it analyzed “aggregate payment statistics to more than 45,000 billers across 45 different service categories from over 2.5 million users ... for key household bills.”)
Broken down into the nine categories doxo analyzed, Salt Lake residents paid more than the national average in three categories and less in six categories:
Alarm and security • $89 ($7 more than the national average)
Auto insurance • $183 ($55 less)
Auto loans • $414 ($38 more)
Cable, internet and phone • $108 ($10 less)
Mobile phone • $128 ($30 more)
Health insurance • $107 ($29 less)
Dental insurance • $20 ($15 less)
Life insurance • $106 ($18 less)
Utilities • $207 ($30 less)
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