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In San Jose Cali you could never afford an actual place to live with that. I mean an apartment sure if you compete for it. median home price is 1 million, and a

In San Jose Cali you could never afford an actual place to live with that. I mean an apartment sure if you compete for it. median home price is 1 million, and average rent is 3k/month. Both of those number are rising btw.

prepend 3y ago
But they aren’t building factories in San Jose, right? It’s a low/moderate salary in Manhattan too, but no factories there. So it seems unlikely that anyone would live in San Jose and work this job. The median US salary in 2021 was about $70k [0]. I’m guessing factories are being built in less than median cost of living places so $120k is 1.7x the median, so pretty good. [0] https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-us-income/ https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-us-income/
- thumbuddy 3y ago
  Interesting guess find a town a half hour commute from San Jose and the cost of living my guess is you won't see a real improvement. I estimate this from having to turn down several jobs in Cali over the years. The one was almost doable but the commute was an hour and a half because of traffic, and a 10 her work day with 3 hrs of driving isnt sustainable. Especially after I asked how often people pull more than ten hours days...
  - prepend 3y ago
    > 10 her work day with 3 hrs of driving isnt sustainable. I thought the same thing until I sustained it for 14 years. It’s interesting how perspective changes with circumstances. When I was in my 20s I remember saying “how do these old guys commute for 4 hours a day.” Then I hit my 30s and had kids and wanted good schools and whatnot, but my income didn’t jump. So I commuted for a long time. Happy I don’t do that any more.
    - thumbuddy 3y ago
      I'm not saying this to be mean but. 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, 1/6th of the day driving for 14 years is roughly speaking additional 1.6 years of your life spent driving to/from work. Average life expectancy is <75 years in the us. IE 2% of your life was getting to a place to make money. I hope the money really helped your family and they appreciate your sacrifice

prepend 3y ago

But they aren’t building factories in San Jose, right? It’s a low/moderate salary in Manhattan too, but no factories there. So it seems unlikely that anyone would live in San Jose and work this job. The median US salary in 2021 was about $70k [0]. I’m guessing factories are being built in less than median cost of living places so $120k is 1.7x the median, so pretty good. [0] https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-us-income/ https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/average-us-income/

thumbuddy 3y ago
Interesting guess find a town a half hour commute from San Jose and the cost of living my guess is you won't see a real improvement. I estimate this from having to turn down several jobs in Cali over the years. The one was almost doable but the commute was an hour and a half because of traffic, and a 10 her work day with 3 hrs of driving isnt sustainable. Especially after I asked how often people pull more than ten hours days...
- prepend 3y ago
  > 10 her work day with 3 hrs of driving isnt sustainable. I thought the same thing until I sustained it for 14 years. It’s interesting how perspective changes with circumstances. When I was in my 20s I remember saying “how do these old guys commute for 4 hours a day.” Then I hit my 30s and had kids and wanted good schools and whatnot, but my income didn’t jump. So I commuted for a long time. Happy I don’t do that any more.
  - thumbuddy 3y ago
    I'm not saying this to be mean but. 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, 1/6th of the day driving for 14 years is roughly speaking additional 1.6 years of your life spent driving to/from work. Average life expectancy is <75 years in the us. IE 2% of your life was getting to a place to make money. I hope the money really helped your family and they appreciate your sacrifice