$100k salary, packing up from Salt Lake 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
more each month than Salt Lake City ran you
San Jose is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
a quick ledger.
$3,470/mo
116% more expensive than Salt Lake City(vs $1,608/mo)
9.3%
$388/mo more in state tax than Salt Lake City
vs 4.65% in Salt Lake City
$4,088/mo
$2,250 less than Salt Lake City
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
208% more expensive than Salt Lake City
vs $584k in Salt Lake City
1.9M
vs 1.3M in Salt Lake City
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Salt Lake City only logs 168 pleasant days.
A similar weekend lineup to Salt Lake City.
70/100
10% lower than Salt Lake City
vs 78/100 in Salt Lake City
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
19% higher than Salt Lake City
vs 80/100 in Salt Lake City
29
68% fewer than Salt Lake City
vs 90 nonstops in Salt Lake City
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