$100k salary, packing up from Lafayette
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
more each month than Lafayette ran you
A real premium for San Jose. Worth it only if the city itself is the whole point.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
161% more expensive than Lafayette(vs $1,332/mo)
9.3%
$525/mo more in state tax than Lafayette
vs 3% in Lafayette
$4,088/mo
$2,663 less than Lafayette
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
798% more expensive than Lafayette
vs $200k in Lafayette
1.9M
vs 414k in Lafayette
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Lafayette only manages 211 of those.
12.4× the events of Lafayette, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
63% higher than Lafayette
vs 43/100 in Lafayette
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
12% higher than Lafayette
vs 85/100 in Lafayette
29
867% more than Lafayette
vs 3 nonstops in Lafayette
neighbors of san jose on the map of tradeoffs:
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