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This site is usually helpful: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=Germany&city1=San+Francisco%2C+CA&city2=B

• KomoD 3y ago
  No, that should not be trusted, any random person can go mess with the numbers.
  • dewey 3y ago
    Just like Wikipedia and many other information sources. Don't trust one source blindly, do your research and you'll be fine. It gives a good enough general indication. A comparison like this will always depend on too many factors to make it applicable to everyone in any case.
• keepamovin 3y ago
  Interesting, it's almost double in SV the cost of Berlin! How much salary do you think should allocate to base and how much toward any location adjustments, in general?
  • dewey 3y ago
    I can't answer that, but there's some companies that do all that in public: - https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensation/compensation-calculator/ https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensat... - https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/open-sourcing-our-pay-calculator/ https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/open-sourcing-our-pay-calcula... - https://buffer.com/salary-calculator https://buffer.com/salary-calculator
    • keepamovin 3y ago
      Hey, nice resources, man! Thank you. No worries that you can't decide on the amounts, it's OK :)
      • glitchcrab 3y ago
        My employer takes cost of living into account by multiplying your salary by the numbeo factor for where you live. Base salaries are all calculated for Cologne (HO) and then adjusted by the relative cost of living factor for your locale. (we're entirely remote)
        • keepamovin 3y ago
          What happens if you move to Hawaii mid way through your tenure?
          • glitchcrab 3y ago
            Then your salary is recalculated - it's something which is explained by default during the interview process (as it invariably comes up)
            • bcantrill 3y ago
              I am personally not a fan of this: early in my career, a colleague moved from the Bay Area to Boston to try to save his marriage (which sadly didn't work) -- and our employer adjusted his salary down accordingly. As you might imagine, the difference between the Bay Area and Boston is minimal -- they adjusted his salary down something like 4% -- but I just recall how dispiriting it was for him to have this massive, stressful (expensive!) life transition exacerbated needlessly. Employers don't factor in other elements of cost-of-living (can you imagine giving someone a pay bump when a kid goes to college -- or a reduction when they graduate?!), and I don't believe geography should be factored in either: pay people for their work, not their ZIP code.
              • glitchcrab 3y ago