I recently moved from California to Pennsylvania and am job searching and my resume is all California. I was on a call with a recruiter for a remote job and they assumed I still lived in CA. When discussing salary, the range I gave them they said was fine since I live in CA and I had to tell them that I live in PA now. He did some calculations and then quoted me a number that was $25k/yr less for the same job. How much leverage do you think I have to negotiate back up to that original figure?

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Would love to hear different tactics but here’s how I’d position myself: I understand there’s a cost of living adjustment. However, Just because I relocated to PA doesn’t mean I’m all of a sudden $25K less valuable. I bring XYZ (experience, expertise, value, etc) to the company, and I think $xxK is a fair compensation.
They obviously are willing to pay someone $25K more so be prepared to walk away if they don’t at least meet you half way (or whatever you think would be fair)

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That’s helpful to know, thank you

A lot of companies have higher pay for California and New York, but not other places. It might be their policy. If it’s not their policy, look up the cost of living difference between the 2 places and find out if that seems fair or not. If the cost of living is 25% less where you live now, then it seems fair. If it’s close to the same cost of living, then I think you have leverage.

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Thank you! The cost of living is lower than the Bay Area for sure but not by that much and with recent inflation it has jumped a lot.

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I'm having the opposite problem. I'm in California applying to remote roles in other states and they don't have an adjustment for COL. I had to explain to a recruiter this morning that state tax alone is 13%, then add the cost of housing, gas, goods and services, local taxes, etc. Like another fish mentioned, do the math and see if what they're offering is comparable for your new area.

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