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BigDave

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What's this?

Not really even "coasts", just Silicon Valley and the Northeast


A site I like to check occasionally is the BLS's wage survey. It's not perfect, but it gives you an idea of what salaries should be.

In the 757, it says a computer programmer should be making $78K. (Note that this is essentially a junior coding monkey - there are other kinds of "programmers" listed at higher salaries.) In SFO, it says $107K (with applications software developers at a whopping $141K). In New York City, it says $95K. (Note that the list isn't perfect - in Roanoke it has programmers making $101K and applications developers making $88K, which says that probably there are people miscategorizing jobs.)

So sure, you can live in the big city and make a lot more, but it's going to cost you three times as much to live up there as it is in the 757, so I'd choose the 757.

(In response to this post by VaAkita)

Link: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm


Posted: 01/23/2019 at 07:18AM


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