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Are wages in CA really that much higher than LA?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:34 am
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:34 am
My younger sister is over there looking at houses South of Disneyland, and these prices are nuts compared to my house. One she looked at yesterday was the same quality and size as my house, but a 2/1 instead of a 2/2. I bought my house for $172k and the one she was looking at was $658k.
Also, they had it listed for rent at $2800/mo with no utilities. I only charge my baw $500/mo utilities included, and feel that's on the lower end, but fair to both of us. She'll end up paying $1500/mo just to rent the place over there, and all of the places to rent are like that.
Her city isn't a big city like L.A., but the prices are nuts. Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job? If not, how the hell do all of those people afford that shite?
Also, they had it listed for rent at $2800/mo with no utilities. I only charge my baw $500/mo utilities included, and feel that's on the lower end, but fair to both of us. She'll end up paying $1500/mo just to rent the place over there, and all of the places to rent are like that.
Her city isn't a big city like L.A., but the prices are nuts. Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job? If not, how the hell do all of those people afford that shite?
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Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:36 am to Hammertime
Do you not understand the concept of higher cost of living?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:36 am to Hammertime
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California people actually make 3-4x more wages
no, the extra $1,500 is just $18k more per year.
40k after tax LA, 58k after tax CA
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:37 am to Hammertime
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I bought my house for $172k and the one she was looking at was $658k.
and you can not expect the appreciation in LA over CA
2026 yours is 250K hers is 1 million
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:58 am to Hammertime
Those Californians don't like smoking in their bars either. They must all be communists.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:59 am to Hammertime
housing costs are higher bc they gotta make them earthquake proof.
j/k. frick them prices. that sucks, don't care if wages are higher too.
j/k. frick them prices. that sucks, don't care if wages are higher too.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 11:03 am to Hammertime
What part of New Orleans do you live? You can buy houses in NOLA for 172k?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 11:11 am to Hammertime
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Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job?
Not everything is 3-4x more expensive. Housing, and gas is like 30% more than most places, but other than that almost everything is the same.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 11:44 am to Hammertime
quote:Absolutely not. If they did I would move in a heartbeat. The percentages would be greatly in your favor to move there if they did
Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job?
This post was edited on 4/15/16 at 11:45 am
Posted on 4/15/16 at 11:50 am to Hammertime
By 2/1 do you mean 2 br 1 bath? If so $2800 is very high for that in the Anaheim area.
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Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job?
No
This post was edited on 4/15/16 at 11:52 am
Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:06 pm to Hammertime
The town I live in is a nice town in a perfect location in LA county. Less than a 1/2 mile to the beach and no crime. To buy a 2 bedroom move-in ready house is $1 million--and they only stay on the market for maybe 3 days. More often than not the seller gets more than the initial listing price.
It is insane. My family owns commercial and residential property here that was purchased years ago. It's crazy what it could be sold for now.
It is insane. My family owns commercial and residential property here that was purchased years ago. It's crazy what it could be sold for now.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:16 pm to Hammertime
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Her city isn't a big city like L.A.,
If she's by Disneyland, she's in Orange County which is typically more affluent.
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Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job?
I do not make 3-4X for my job out here. I do make more but it's not a COL ratio difference.
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If not, how the hell do all of those people afford that shite?
We are broke jokes
There was an article out here last weekend that median rent for a 1/1 in the L.A. area is supposed to be just under $2000 within the next year.
My friend is looking at condos in Westwood, 1/1 900 square feet, $600K.
Good luck to your sister.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:24 pm to Hammertime
Need pics of said sister to accurately respond.
3rd page ..... You people are slipping
3rd page ..... You people are slipping
Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:46 pm to Hammertime
I'll say this, my recent job search was nationwide. I ended up getting an offer in the San Francisco Bay Area. A few interviews here and there, and the guy gives me an offer. I won't go into too much detail, but I literally laughed at the guy and told him I was not going to take a 30% pay cut to move from the south, where shite is cheap, to Northern California.
He actually ended up contacting me to say he hired someone that has a CDL (I don't) for $24/HR and that I should use that to gauge my expectations. I literally laughed again and asked him if he had anything better to do than call me to tell me about his new hire.
He actually ended up contacting me to say he hired someone that has a CDL (I don't) for $24/HR and that I should use that to gauge my expectations. I literally laughed again and asked him if he had anything better to do than call me to tell me about his new hire.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 1:15 pm to Hammertime
In some industries and in some areas they are paying a lot of money IF you're talented. We had a guy we hired around 5 years ago who got insanely good at programming. He moved to California and makes around a quarter million a year and is not in management. He has a cool house that he sinks a lot of his income into but when he retires he will have a massive amount of equity. He was fat when he moved there but now he does a lot of outdoors activities and lost a lot of weight. Needless to say we weren't able to get him back.
Someone with my skill set, a middle manager and a non-programmer would NOT make a lot more in CA than in La. Nurses seem to do really well there too.
If you're run of the mill office farm talent then you're probably better off elsewhere.
Someone with my skill set, a middle manager and a non-programmer would NOT make a lot more in CA than in La. Nurses seem to do really well there too.
If you're run of the mill office farm talent then you're probably better off elsewhere.
This post was edited on 4/15/16 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 4/15/16 at 1:24 pm to Hammertime
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Do yall California people actually make 3-4x more wages than down here for the same job?
I know they don't. My brother moved to San Diego. He makes about 10% more than he would in the midwest. His wife makes about 20% more. They had a $400,000 house that is much nicer than the one they are renting (it would cost them right at $1,000,000 to buy). A lot of people just can't afford to move to California. And there are plenty of Californians cashing in and moving to places like Washington, Oregon, Colorado. And they are driving up housing costs there.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 1:24 pm to Hammertime
Theres a nurse from the OT that works in L.A and she rakes in 250K/yr.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 1:26 pm to Hammertime
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Are wages in CA really that much higher than LA?
it depends on what you do and where. But in general, yeah.
My friend who teaches in CA, high school history, makes 90k.
I know we are having a hard time finding anyone in the bay area that wants less than 200k for our open HC.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 1:52 pm to Hammertime
The dude says hello
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