$100k salary, packing up from San Jose
changea dispatch from
wichita
KS
37.69°N
97.34°W
Wichita is the Air Capital of the World, with Cessna, Beechcraft, and major Spirit AeroSystems facilities all here. The Arkansas River runs through downtown, and the Old Town district has brick streets, breweries, and the kind of friendly Kansas pace that makes the rest of the country envious. The flatness is real, and the sunsets are enormous because of it.
in our guides
the verdict
below San Jose's monthly cost
Wichita sits well below San Jose on cost. Same paycheck, a noticeably lighter month.
a quick ledger.
$1,173/mo
66% cheaper than San Jose(vs $3,470/mo)
5.7%
$300/mo less in state tax than San Jose
vs 9.3% in San Jose
$6,685/mo
$2,597 more than San Jose
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$221k
88% cheaper than San Jose
vs $1796k in San Jose
653k
vs 1.9M in San Jose
field notes, weather & such.
164
pleasant days a year, in wichita.
San Jose gets 283 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine.
San Jose hosts 3.4× more events.
52/100
26% lower than San Jose
vs 70/100 in San Jose
Closest outdoor draw: El Dorado State Park, 33 mi.
69/100
27% lower than San Jose
vs 95/100 in San Jose
11
62% fewer than San Jose
vs 29 nonstops in San Jose
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