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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's a great idea, I'd love to live somewhere cheaper.[/quote]

But wouldn't your pay also reflect the lower cost of living there?[/quote]

No I used to be a fed in another state down south and the cost of living difference was very small like $2 or 3k. I actually had one of the highest paid jobs of anyone I knew there and would love to return because we were really able to save a lot of money.[/quote]
[b]There is a pay difference. [/b]
A GS11 step 1 makes $50k in most of the US. In DC, it's $62k. In San Francisco, it's $67k. 
A GS14 step 5 makes $96k in most of the US. In DC, it's $119k. In San Francisco, it's $129k.[/quote]

Well I moved from a major city that has it's own pay table, so the pay difference was very little. A GS-12 in Atlanta makes $71k.  A GS-12 in DC makes $74k.  With how cheap it is to live in Atlanta, that $3k makes very, very little difference.

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Not a good comparison. If you look at the cost of housing, DC and Atlanta were very similar in the late 1990s/ early 2000s. DC pulled way ahead starting in 2002. Atlanta's prices did rise, but not as much. Then Atlanta dropped significantly starting in 2008 and only stopped dropping in 2012. The OPM coat of living for areas does not react to market swings like this, otherwise it would act as a paycheck punishment for people that bought during the boom times.[/quote]

Well how do you account for the fact that a GS-12 makes $71k in Cleveland, 74k in Detroit, 70k in Pittsburgh.  None of these are expensive places to live.  The fact is government salaries are relatively high in in MANY places.  People who live in cheaper major cities are getting just as much money as folks who live in DC.

In most of the U.S. $50k is a great salary, do you know how many people across the U.S. want a government job.  Even in Atlanta you can live pretty nice on a $50k salary. A $50k salary will qualify you for a $150k home of which there are plenty in the Atlanta area.  
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