salary vs cost of living
salary vs cost of living
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salary vs cost of living
My company has a job opening in our San Diego, CA office that sounds very interesting to me. I read that San Diego is in the top 5 of most expensive cities in America to live in so I doubt I am not going to be able to live in San Diego on what I make where I am at now. But the first things these guys want to know is: “What’s your salary? “What do you want?” Is there a web site with some kind of formulas that one can use to figure salary from region-to-region? I guess what I want to know is what is my salary in the Southeast worth in the Southwest?
My company has a job opening in our San Diego, CA office that sounds very interesting to me. I read that San Diego is in the top 5 of most expensive cities in America to live in so I doubt I am not going to be able to live in San Diego on what I make where I am at now. But the first things these guys want to know is: “What’s your salary? “What do you want?” Is there a web site with some kind of formulas that one can use to figure salary from region-to-region? I guess what I want to know is what is my salary in the Southeast worth in the Southwest?
Techmaximus





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listing salaries on this site is a no no for some reason, just to give you a heads up.
Bob
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Or, there are lots of web sites such as:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/movecalc.asp
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By all means, though, if you do provide your current salary, and it's in a lower COL area, I would mention or add the COL factor.
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BTW, anyone know a good site to evaluate international salaries (specifically Paris)?
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I found out that our regional salaries were about 15-30% higher than the national average (Los Angeles). I also found that our corporate salaries were about 10-20% lower than the national average. I sent my report up the chain expalining this might be why we have such a high turn-over in the engineering department. I hope I didn't shoot myself in the foot, but I have a meeting with CFO, CEO, HR and my boss tomorrow.
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If you're gonna shoot yourself in the foot, use a cannon...
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I haven't looked lately, but salary.com used to have a calculator for overseas as well....
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Check out costs for yourself. 90% of that will be checking out rents or home prices. Groceries will be about the same. Energy costs can vary drastically, especially if moving between eaxtreme hot/cold and more temperate climates.
I moved back to Wisconsin from California. Make half as much and live twice as well. House, boat, good fishing, better schools.
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says it will take a 53.06% increase in my current salary to maintain my standard of living! WOW! I'm looking to get a raise, not maintain. I can't believe that they pay civil techs that much in the Southwest. This will require further study.
Techmaximus
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sms, couldn't find overseas salaries on salary.com, so still interested if anyone has any sites for that.
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Also, a firm named Dietrich does one as well. also $$.
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Structural Engineers Association of California puts together a salary survey annually tabulated based on region, by years of experience, job title, etc but I found it to be not reliable due to number of samples.
Free publication called "CE" and "Structural Engineer" publish their survey annually.
California real estate skyrocketted in the last five years...