I have several offers in multiple cities and am trying to figure out how to best negotiate for more from my top choices. Do companies care about cost of living differences in situations like this? Or do they only care about the dollar amount? If they will take cost of living into consideration, what calculators are most common? I've been looking at Sperling's Best Places to figure out how the offers compare. Is this a good tool to use? Will companies accept the comparisons from it? My offers to date: Louisville, KY - $83,200 Richmond, VA - $97,700 Austin, TX - $96,000 Chicago, IL - $88,000 Houston, TX - $124,400 All are UX Researcher positions. I have 3 years of experience, and a Master's in Info. Studies. My first choice is Austin and I would really like to get that offer up to compare with the others after considering cost of living.
If you can get the Austin offer to match Houston money, that's the one to go for imo
Austin is a great city. Companies do take cost of living into account, but you can always negotiate when you have other offers. I’d definitely use that Houston offer to negotiate a higher base salary.
Companies don't care about how much it costs for you to live; they care about how little they can pay you without you leaving. Negotiating from a "cost of living" perspective makes little to no sense.
Companies do take cost of living into account during offer stage... but unfortunately you don't get much when you use the same factor to negotiate
No state tax in Texas. I'd pick Austin
Plus the weather. Fuck Chicago
I definitely want Austin. But when adjusting for coat of living both the Louisville and Richmond offers are actually more... I'm hoping to negotiate the Austin offer up to be comparable, but am unsure how companies take cost of living into account when doing so.