There’s a feature on the site where you can click a given level for a given company, and filter the individual offer data to a given metro/city. It’s super useful, even if a bit more labor intensive than being able to use the top-of-the-fold summary stats.
Edit: the link to click is “filter locations”, it’s on the top right after clicking/opening a given level’s info card.
That's definitely lower than other markets, but Atlanta is a much cheaper place to live than most other big cities. Housing is definitely catching up though. The only thing I will say about Atlanta, it gets HUMID for large swathes of the year. The climate is really unpleasant if you're prone to sweating and enjoy being outdoors.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare...
$150k in Austin equates to $236k in Seattle (knock off 35%)
$150k in Austin equates to $296k in SF Bay (knock off 50%)
Stock market shares are the same, but things like gas prices, groceries, utilities, and rent are vastly different.
$160k base
$380k equity
$540k total comp
I've been highly compensated in Atlanta for nearly my entire career, except the year when I worked out of ATDC.
edit: I misread that you were looking for Austin figures, not Atlanta. I still think this is valuable for the ATLiens here. We've had tech companies here for over a decade - you just have to know.
"What do you do when it's 90+ and you need to be outside?"
"You sweat and accept that other people sweat."
If you shower once a day, a little sweat isn't a bit deal. I think of it as making sure my pores are clear.
cost of living does not scale w/ salary increases. it's a silly calculation. not essential at all.
Making $236k in seattle is going to be much more fruitful than making $115k in whatever flyover place. this argument is always used by people that need to justify living in their boring towns
every cost of living calculator assumes you spend 100% of your paycheck on cost of living.
I've spent time in SF, Portland, various cities in Texas, and a year in Florida. (Never the northeast or Colorado, which are omissions - but I hate snow and cold.)
Spent a year in Japan, and a few months in China. Expat life might have been fun if I was still in my 20's...
Despite all of that, Atlanta has always felt right. It's incredibly diverse - way more than many cities - and full of culture. The music scene is on point, and I used to go to shows at least once a week before the pandemic.
I'm frequently on the Beltline (and used to use it to commute to work pre-Covid). The Hooch, ample outdoors, hiking, lakes.
I also own an amazing condo here. 25'' ceilings, penthouse skyline view with 20'' windows, historic all-brick walls. It's amazing. It'd easily cost millions in another city, yet my mortgage payment is less than $2k/mo here.
I'll probably be able to retire at 40. Or start a company with minimal risk.
Georgia has a ton to do, and the cost of living is still incredibly cheap. I can't imagine leaving, just buying a second home.
job search, places to live, lowest crime areas, good food, etc
https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Atlanta-Ar...
https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Greater-Au...
https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/San-Franci...
That shows Austin median at 62% of SF, FWIW.
I don't see why the argument is about spending 100% of one's salary. We all spend a percentage of our salaries on things like rent, etc, and that percentage is going to be larger in Seattle than Columbia.
"Making $236k in seattle is going to be much more fruitful than making $115k in whatever flyover place. this argument is always used by people that need to justify living in their boring towns"
Imagine unironically calling towns that aren't Seattle, "boring". Alright, chief. Columbia certainly isn't Chicago (my birthplace), but that doesn't make it boring either. People have their reasons for electing to live in different areas, no need to be condescending about it. Yes, $236k is mathematically higher than $115k, this is no surprise to anyone. However that $115k usually goes a lot further in smaller towns than $236k might in Seattle. ...due to differences in cost of living (and the housing market).
"every cost of living calculator assumes you spend 100% of your paycheck on cost of living. "
Basic googling disproves this. Of the cost of living calculators that I looked at, they just listed basic things like school, transportation, gas, etc, and make comparisons between areas. Nothing saying that you need to spend 100% of your salary.
"$150k in Austin equates to $236k in Seattle (knock off 35%) $150k in Austin equates to $296k in SF Bay (knock off 50%)"
That literally only makes sense if you're using 100% of your salary for cost of living. This is what you're responding to.