New job worth the move?

Job happiness baw........ the rest is just details.

I guess I would add that it would be fine long term but a pain in the arse with work week separation from mid march until school is out in late may.

Current job is government, no way they can match. Plus in my experience, if your current employer is forced into matching, the target goes squarely on your back.

Moving to The Bluffs? Luckyyyy

NE metro currently. New gig would be NW of the city.

Current job is secure.

If company isn’t relocating you it’s generally not worth it all other things being equal.

Do what you feel.

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I would consider it unlikely I would make the new salary at any time in the current job.

I guess the question would be do I bide my time and wait for an opportunity closer. Bird in the hand argument I guess.

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I mean, what percent are we talking about here?

I know from looking at the Houston area on some cost of living comparisions, if you moved from Houston to The Woodlands, and you were making $75k in Houston, you would have to make $86k to have the same standard of living.

So if I move to The Woodlands and go from $75k to $86k, am I really getting a raise if it's more expensive to live there? Most of that is surely going to be an increase in real estate costs. So if I can only afford to buy a house similar in size to what I had, it's not really a raise.

ETA: I actually compared real estate in Lafayette to Houston. Most anything in the Houston area below $200k was a house that flooded. If it hadn't flooded, it was smaller than a similarly priced home in Lafayette.

Obviously not the same as your situation, but I feel it illustrates the point. If your standard of living isn't changing, is it really a raise?

Currently fighting that battle with my work. They want me to move to a more expensive city. They are giving me a good raise but 80% of the extra money i am getting will go to housing. They aren’t understanding that part of it and just see the increase in salary they are giving me.