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September 15, 2006
The Salary Calculator
For those who are having a tough time wrapping your heads around what a given salary is “worth” when relocating, homefair.com has created a relocation calculator which should give you a better understanding of your salary. This information can help you in potential negotiations with firms outside of Cleveland. Just as an example, let’s say you are making $75,000 in Cleveland and you are thinking about relocating. If you move to New York City and want to live in Manhattan, you would have to make $98,152 to maintain the same type of lifestyle. How about Washington D.C.: $95,695. However, if you are considering relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina, you would have to make $74,423. Below are some figures comparing what you would need to make in various cities to equal the salaries of $50,000, $75,000 and $100,000 in Cleveland. While these figures can not provide for every lifestyle variable, they do provide a basic understanding for the value of a potential salary. Want to try it for yourself?
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc
Cleveland $50,000 $75,000 $100,000
NYC $65,435 $98,152 $130,870
Washington D.C. $63,797 $95,695 $127,594
Chicago $62,188 $93,282 $124,377
Boston $61,437 $92,156 $122,875
San Francisco $53,251 $79,876 $106,501
Charlotte $49,615 $74,423 $99,230
Cincinnati $48,778 $73,167 $97,557
Posted by naa3 at September 15, 2006 09:30 AM