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For those of you entranced by the top-line numbers here, you have to also remember that the cost of living in San Francisco (especially with regards to housing)
by quanticle 14y ago
For those of you entranced by the top-line numbers here, you have to also remember that the cost of living in San Francisco (especially with regards to housing) is also extremely high. For example, according to Wolfram|Alpha a $95,000 salary in Seattle is worth $137,000 in San Francisco [1].
1: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%2495%2C000+salary+in+Seattle+moving+to+San+Francisco https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%2495%2C000+salary+in+...
- pmorici 14y agoThis is something I've always wondered about. If, as an example, you were moving from Seattle to SF and you told prospective employers you were looking for a salary of 137k from a prior salary of 95k based on cost of living data do you have any hope of landing a job with that expectation? I'd be interested in hearing the experiences of anyone who has made a move like that and if they felt their increase in salary was on par, above, or below the change in cost of living.
- prostoalex 14y agoI've made the move from Washington to Bay Area, and the salary reflected cost of living. Was a big company, with salary bands, and all. You should consider it for your specific case. You also don't have to live in San Francisco as long as the office is close to public transportation.
- quanticle 14y agoI don't know about San Francisco, since that's a bit of an extreme case, but when I moved from Minneapolis to Seattle, I made sure to account for the cost of living increase when evaluating the offer I got.