85k gross income in philly suburbs, DC relocation - What might salary be now? all things equal
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Anonymous
| hubby is being transferred in his engineering firm. he makes 85k gross in the philly area. what might his company give him to work in DC? all things being equal - just a straight up cost of living adjustment. we are still waiting to hear and I'm chomping at the bit |
Anonymous
| Maybe Up to 95k plus moving expenses? |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't move for less than 100, and even that you will find tight, I imagine. Housing costs are very low in Philly compared to the DC area. |
Anonymous
| If he were a federal employee, the cost of living adjustment would be about $1000. So hopefully his company will be more generous. |
Anonymous
| Sorry-that should say $2000, not $1000. Same sentiment though! |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't expect the company to offer much of an increase, but the cost of housing is about double here. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't move for less than $140K. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
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Housing is about twice as expensive.
My 1930's brick colonial in AU park is worth 1.1 million. The same house would be $400K in the Philly main line. (We've been looking at homes as we may be moving to Philly). |
Anonymous
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Cost of living adjustments rarely will make you break even. They really don't equalize housing costs which are the more extreme cost differentiators in areas. A bump will be more determined on how competitive his skill set is in the DC area.
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Anonymous
| OP here: they have told him that his hour will increase to about 11 a day. I'm hoping they offer him at least 130000 - otherwise, hello ghetto |
Anonymous
| double |
Anonymous
| Agree with the pp who say it's twice as expensive here (I'm a Philly girl born and raised). The DC area is the best place around to raise a family IMO but you need to make $ unless it becomes one of the worst. |
Anonymous
| The cost of living here is very high. We used to live in the Philly suburbs and are contemplating moving back. I enjoy living here but the cost of living is crazy! |
Anonymous
| 85k--->130k working for the same company seems highly unlikely, sorry. |