$100k salary, packing up from Fayetteville
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 Fayetteville
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
116% more expensive than Fayetteville(vs $1,606/mo)
9.3%
$408/mo more in state tax than Fayetteville
vs 4.4% in Fayetteville
$4,088/mo
$2,273 less than Fayetteville
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
389% more expensive than Fayetteville
vs $367k in Fayetteville
1.9M
vs 590k in Fayetteville
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Fayetteville only logs 170 pleasant days.
A month here packs 7.8× the events of Fayetteville.
70/100
9% higher than Fayetteville
vs 64/100 in Fayetteville
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
16% higher than Fayetteville
vs 82/100 in Fayetteville
29
107% more than Fayetteville
vs 14 nonstops in Fayetteville
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