unsorted list 1 us seattle 2 us bay area 3 us austin 4 us south california 5 bangalore 6 canada 7 uk 8 china 9 us nyc
Pre tax
bay seattle NYC Austin Canada South Carolina UK China India
Should factor in COL? 200k is really different in Austin vs SF.
Yeah but then it’s a complicated algo
Seattle offers the sweetest spot probably in the world for software engineers. High salaries, competitive job market and no state tax. Austin also has no tax but there is less competition so comparatively lower salaries.
I would say Seattle >= Austin > SF/Bay in terms of pay/COL ratio
What about US-midwest?
Hedge funds / HFT firms pay crazy salaries. Considering that I'd put NYC at the very top!
But JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs pay somewhere between 90k-110k and we're considering average here
What the fuck is Bangalore doing in this list? Is this a troll post? Also swap 2) with 1) if serious.
You have to factor location cost of living.
Post or pre tax?