$100k salary, packing up from Kansas City
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 premium over Kansas City
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
131% more expensive than Kansas City(vs $1,502/mo)
9.3%
$383/mo more in state tax than Kansas City
vs 4.7% in Kansas City
$4,088/mo
$2,352 less than Kansas City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
451% more expensive than Kansas City
vs $326k in Kansas City
1.9M
vs 2.2M in Kansas City
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Kansas City barely cracks 170 pleasant ones.
About as much going on as in Kansas City.
70/100
25% higher than Kansas City
vs 56/100 in Kansas City
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
1% higher than Kansas City
vs 94/100 in Kansas City
29
33% fewer than Kansas City
vs 43 nonstops in Kansas City
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