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By the Numbers: The Highest-Paying States For Tech Professionals
Nerval's Lobster writes The average technology professional made $89,450 in 2014, according to Dice's latest salary survey. When it comes to salaries, however, not all states and cities are created equal. Those tech pros living and working in Silicon Valley are the highest-paid in the country, with an average annual salary of $112,610—but that salary grew only 4 percent year-over-year, lagging behind cities such as Portland and Seattle. Dice has built an interactive map that shows where people are making the most (and least). As you click around, note how salary growth is particularly strong in parts of the West, the Northeast, and the South, while remaining stagnant (and even regressing) in some middle states. If anything, the map reinforces what many tech pros have known for years: that more cities and regions are becoming hubs of innovation.
How 2005, guess I dont need to see it anyway.
Salary means nothing unless you can compare it to the cost of living in each city. I would suggest a high wage in Silicon Valley is actually lower than many other areas due the the high cost of rent and real estate.
I went from $107K just outside Los Angeles to $124K in silicon valley and lost in the deal
I mean really that thing doesn't present information so much as hide it.
Wow! Talk about ignorance. Kansas City is about as diverse as a place gets in this country, which is to say very much so. I don't know where you get your information, but if I am to follow your condescending, ill-logic then I may as well assume that everyone where you live is arrogant, self-righteous, and wholly ignorant of this nations cultural map outside of the tiny little piece you have clearly walled yourself into.
If you spent one day in this town you would apologize for your ignorant comment.
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Got a car, since the cost of living is lower here. Actually, a few vehicles (car, truck, boat). Don't need a bike anymore. I've bicycled for recreation all around the USA. Road across Nebraska a few times - have done many MS-150s in Texas, Georgia, NC. Cost of living matters.
Also have a 3600 sqft McMansion on a small 1 acre estate - thanks to a lower cost of living here.
Don't have many crazies living nearby either.
I can surf and ski in the same day too. That is hardly a reason to live somewhere with 30% higher cost of living for the same salary.
My $130K/yr in Atlanta goes a long way.
Fortunately, I can visit Cali for a day or so to help me remember why I never want to live there. Don't get me wrong, it is a nice place to visit, sorta like Omaha, but I don't want to live there anymore.
I have friends who lived/worked in SF for a few years. They didn't like it and moved back to Houston, Tx. I lived in Houston for 8 yrs and thought it was an armpit. To me, it was. I didn't enjoy the weather, but many folks do. I did like the people in Houston. I like most people around the world, provided they aren't small-minded.
Happy that you like it in Cali. Finding happines in our lives is important. Just because it isn't right for me, doesn't mean it isn't right for everyone. Plus if everyone moved to where I lived, traffic would get worse. Don't need that.