Show Cost of Living Compiled by Bryan Gonzalez The Cost of Living Index CLI measures differences in costs of consumer goods and services in six categories grocery items 16 percent housing 28 percent utiliies percent transportation 10 percent health care percent and miscellaneous goods and Values above 100 services 33 percent indicate that costs are higher than theS average while values below 100 represent costs lower than theS average The CLI is calculated only for participating communities Table 13 Salt Lake City Cost of Living Index asPercent ofS Index 1981-1998 The cost of living in Salt Lake surpassed the rest of the nation in the first quarter of 1997 The health care component is still above that of the nation but has declined fromhigh during the first quarter of 1996 Economic State Utah 1981-1994 Utah Sources Coordinating Committee 1995 Economic Report to the 1995 Utah 1996Govemor 1995 Salt Lake Cily 90 Services 1999 Cost 1998 Utah Department of Workforce of Ling 1996 Govemors Offce of Planning and Budget Economic Report to the Governor Online 1999 stato LS 1981 1998 Unfted StatosS Bureau of the Census 1995 Statistical Abstracts of the nitod Statos 1995 115t Washington DC US Government Printing Offc 473 All ltems Health Care 1981 1982 100100 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 96981011019998 10010098106103 1989 95 100 1990 1991 92938 937 933 1992 96 101 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 96975 9996105 99108109108 1998 104 105 105101106 1045 Sall Lake City Metropolian Area Averages compared 1o 100 average ofS Data collected from the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association ACCRA Percentof total index for theS 70 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |