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Learned this the hard way. My rough math is this for SF: 1.5xCurrent Salary -- Because everything is expensive here + $10k / marginal tax rate -- for relocati
by maerF0x0 12y ago
Learned this the hard way. My rough math is this for SF:
1.5xCurrent Salary -- Because everything is expensive here
+ $10k / marginal tax rate -- for relocation and flights home
+ 500/month forEach dependent spouse -- Medical Dental Vision
+ 250/month for each child dependent -- Medical Dental Vision
+ X -- to replace spouses's Salary because they cant work
+ Y / marginal tax rate -- spending money to keep spouse sane because they cant work and cant stay home all day doing nothing
Edits: small clarifications, gross Y up by tax rate
- jonathanwallace 12y agoIs insurance much more expensive in California?
- munificent 12y agoCompared to countries with free health care, yes.
- sarah2079 12y agoI am self employed and buy my own insurance in CA and it is about $1000/month for two adults and one child for a silver plan through covered CA. This is for medical only, so not too far off the estimate.
- AtmaScout 12y agoThat is a nice breakdown. Thanks for posting it.
- darklajid 12y agoAfter spending a year in TLV your math makes a lot of sense for in my experience as well. Don't underestimate X and Y, people...
- thrwy10 12y agoSpot on, you couldn't have put it better. Especially X and Y for H4 dependant spouses.