There are a few different rankings that sort of assess this. There's a CompTIA "Tech Towns" report[1] from last year that does a good breakdown of salary + job

There are a few different rankings that sort of assess this. There's a CompTIA "Tech Towns" report[1] from last year that does a good breakdown of salary + job opportunities vs CoL by city. Anecdotally, I think it was right to rank Charlotte NC at the top. It's easy to find 100k+ salary jobs there if you have experience (avg is a bit lower though) - and median housing prices are like 230k. But the big downside is that you pretty much have to be cool with working for a bank. [1] https://www.aitp.org/blog/aitp-blog/2018/10/23/tech-town-usa-20-cities-it-pros-will-want-to-call-home/ https://www.aitp.org/blog/aitp-blog/2018/10/23/tech-town-usa...