What's a good base salary to live comfortably in the San Jose area for a single person? Thinking about interviewing/moving out there from East coast but seeing the rents is giving me sticker shock.

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Personally when I hit $120k salary I felt comfortable with our $3k 1-bed (meaning, paying $1500). If you’re living alone I would bump that up accordingly. That’s just my perspective though!

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Thanks! I also have personal debt that I'm paying down too so will have to factor that into the mix.

You could try househacking

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$200k. Seriously its expensive. If you've seen the rent prices you know. Gas prices are over $5 a gal.

I believe it! Definitely not looking to buy - especially with student loans and especially not in California. Will be renting for sure but it looks like rents are rising in all metros across the nation rn so yay 😑

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