4.8%, Oct 2022-2023 Seattleites, you needed at least a 5% raise to your base salary this year just to break even in real dollars. Source: Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“selected local areas”) https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t04.htm TC: 🥜 + 3% raise #amazon #apple #meta #microsoft #google #boeing #seattle
Still manage to save much more than the other shit holes SF and NYC. Some shit holes are better than others
Seattle is one of the worst cities to live long term in US. Just the weather makes it terrible. People are passive aggressive (mostly a west coast thing). House & gas prices are insane. Sales tax is 10.6%. It adds up quickly. Crime is rampant. Highest property crime in the country. Drugs are a problem. Local councils are divisive. Criminals are set free on streets. 3rd Avenue looks like zombie apocalypse. If you’re mid earner in Seattle, your purchasing power is still like low earner. If you’re mid high earner than your purchasing power is lower mid earner compared to other cities in mid or east America. Sure no city is perfect but Seattle exists because of tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft & Boeing. If companies were to gradually move, council doesn’t change and crime is not controlled, it has the potential to become the next Detroit.
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