$100k salary, packing up from San Jose
changea dispatch from
boise
ID
43.62°N
116.20°W
Boise is basically Denver before Denver got Denver-y: walkable downtown, foothills you can run into on your lunch break, and a river slicing right through the middle of town. The Basque Block downtown anchors the biggest Basque community in the U.S., which nobody sees coming. The vibe is 'we close our laptops and go outside,' and the trails make that very easy to do. Locals would prefer you didn't tell anyone.
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the verdict
below San Jose's monthly cost
Boise sits well below San Jose on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,794/mo
48% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
5.8%
$292/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,056/mo
$1,968 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$490k
73% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
827k
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
166
pleasant days a year, in boise.
San Jose gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
San Jose hosts 1.6× more events.
82/100
17% higher than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: Sawtooth National Forest, 48.9 mi.
96/100
1% higher than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
16
45% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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