I just took a quick look at average salaries and cost of living (specifically rent) [0]. WRT average salaries, none of these seem particularly out of kilter i.

I just took a quick look at average salaries and cost of living (specifically rent) [0]. WRT average salaries, none of these seem particularly out of kilter i.e. the ratios of the salaries you quote to the average salary of the respective areas are fairly consistent. What's interesting is cost of living. Surprisingly (to me) Vancouver and Toronto have salary to rent ratios similar to New York. Boston and Washington are better i.e. higher ratios. Seattle and especially Atlanta are much better. Not sure what to conclude from this but it's quite interesting, at least to me. [0] https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living I have absolutely no idea how good this data is.