Are there any decent salary calculators? I'm looking for honest comparisons of salaries and quality of life.
If you google it, you will find multiple sites. Also you can get an idea from Robert half site. However a more accurate information about specific positions can be found on Glassdoor when you check the profile of certain company because the posts come from actual employees about their actual salaries
glassdoor tends to skew lower than actual salaries from my experience
$1 + $1 = $2, some days.
And $2 = .5, in Seattle. 🤔
No need for online calculator. You have to determine what is your goal. How much do you need to save every month minus expenses to reach a good quality of life. You work backwards to get target personal salary. More to do with lifestyle and COL for the area. To not feel squeezed financially in high COL (living near paycheck to paycheck), I aim for top 20% for my area. This is a for a single person, willing to have housemates. It's quite insane that this is the level needed in the bay area. Note that top 20% here is just breaking around 100k total comp a year. Median household is around this range as well.
You should check out PayScale.com.
Comparably is probably the best out there