Boston vs. Bay Area comp conversion
Hey blind fam, New grad (‘23) recruiting in hardware currently (rip) Can anyone speak from experience how much Boston compensation vs. Bay Area compensation should differ for the same effective salary? Can I trust NerdWallet which is saying delta of $30k? Thanks everyone!
By far the best I’ve used
What does same effective salary mean?
Adjusted after COL ig
Same $$ savings? Same % savings? What do you spend money on?
Wrong
Boston is basically tier 2 cost. Compare salaries in Seattle to get a good base. There are more of those
Fwiw, pay usually goes by cost of labor acquisition, not cost of living. I *expect* Seattle pay to be considerably higher than Boston, but I don’t have person experience
For big tech it seems to be a very similar band (or the same). For rando companies, yeah, it’s definitely lower on average I’d imagine.
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