$100k salary, packing up from Charleston
changea dispatch from
san jose
CA
37.34°N
121.89°W
San Jose is Silicon Valley's anchor city, much bigger than San Francisco by population, and culturally underrated because everyone drives through it on the way somewhere else. The Vietnamese food scene (especially in Little Saigon) is one of the best in the country. The weather is impossibly mild, the Santa Cruz Mountains rise to the west, and the tech money funds a genuinely excellent restaurant scene.
the verdict
the monthly cost of moving past Charleston
San Jose doesn't pretend to be affordable. Move here for what San Jose is, not for what it leaves on your monthly ledger.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
75% more expensive than Charleston(vs $1,987/mo)
9.3%
$233/mo more in state tax than Charleston
vs 6.5% in Charleston
$4,088/mo
$1,717 less than Charleston
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
316% more expensive than Charleston
vs $432k in Charleston
1.9M
vs 849k in Charleston
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Charleston only logs 212 pleasant days.
51% more happening than in Charleston.
70/100
4% higher than Charleston
vs 67/100 in Charleston
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
3% higher than Charleston
vs 92/100 in Charleston
29
45% more than Charleston
vs 20 nonstops in Charleston
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