$100k salary, packing up from Wichita
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 Wichita
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
196% more expensive than Wichita(vs $1,173/mo)
9.3%
$300/mo more in state tax than Wichita
vs 5.7% in Wichita
$4,088/mo
$2,597 less than Wichita
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$1796k
711% more expensive than Wichita
vs $221k in Wichita
1.9M
vs 653k in Wichita
field notes, weather & such.
283
pleasant days a year, in san jose.
Wichita barely cracks 164 pleasant ones.
3.4× the events of Wichita, and the calendar shows it.
70/100
35% higher than Wichita
vs 52/100 in Wichita
Closest outdoor draw: Pinnacles National Park, 69.2 mi.
95/100
38% higher than Wichita
vs 69/100 in Wichita
29
164% more than Wichita
vs 11 nonstops in Wichita
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