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Just received an offer from Deloitte (advisory SC, in risk and financial group (gps?)): $152k, $8k sign-on living in DC. Currently $135, but I would have to pay my current company apx 7k to move (payback for TA). DC area, in a highly cleared space. Any recommendations on how to counter or if its worth it?
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Chicago is more expensive?
No, it's less expensive. Trying to figure out what salary should be needed to maintain my lifestyle
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Need to double at least.
If you want a 3/2 ~2k square foot house in a good suburb, probably need to budget 1M+.
As someone who recently did this analysis but for Chicago to Denver, I concluded it was t even close. In order to afford what I have in the western burbs, my salary would need to triple at least.
To have what I currently have in Chicagoland I would need to buy a $4 million dollar house in Denver, and pay up for one of the two decent private schools in Denver.
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Seattle has lower income tax no? I don't think the cost of living is that different
This is false. Seattle is definitely more expensive.
Seattle suburbs are way more expensive than Chicago suburbs. Based on no science at all, I wouldn’t move for less than $275k.
Where are you in Chicago? Which area do you want to go in Seattle?
All Seattle commutes are crazy. Traffic is pretty bad.
Does this comparison even make sense during inflation? If you have a house now in Chicago, that same house would probably cost 30-40% more if you tried to buy it today. Same situation is going on in Seattle, so everything will cost much more than what a company is going to be able to pay most people. Basically, if you move to a place that’s normally more expensive, these calculators may work but in these times, you are probably going to come up short on that lifestyle unless you almost double your salary.
350+ at the least