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I hope I don't open a major can of worms by my parent comment. This is based on a sample of my own personal experience of 1 Austin interview and LOTs of Atlanta interviews. As a SDE with 4 YOE, I was offered $110k ish in Austin vs barely scraping 90-100k in Atlanta. I ended up taking an offer in NYC (which was my top choice to begin with).

>>pratik+(OP)
I live in Atlanta. I get a lot of recruiters pitching me senior SWE jobs from mediocre companies with salary ranges between 115k-130k. I think 130-150 is average for senior roles.

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.

>>pratik+(OP)
Out of all of the new-grad GT students I know, the minimum they were offered was 83k in Atlanta.

>>dimmke+u9
Someone from a more temperate climate asked me about sweating in the South once.

"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.