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SN Member McGruber points us a study by TriNet that provides (buzzword alert!) 'cloud-based human resources services.' The study concludes that Austin is the place to go.
From the article:
"Austin ranks Number 1 in the nation when it comes to offering the largest tech salaries that have been adjusted for cost of living expenses, such as housing, groceries, utilities and other necessities.
The seven major tech hubs, ranked by cost of living adjusted average salaries:
1. Austin: $105,000
2. Atlanta: $103,000
3. Denver-Boulder: $98,000
4. Boston: $79,000
5. Silicon Valley: $78,000
6. Los Angeles: $70,000
7. New York: $56,000"
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Austin has highest "Salaries for Tech Workers"
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(Score: 1) by Taco Cowboy on Friday March 07 2014, @10:44PM
The survey is about "Tech Salaries", and that includes code monkeys all the way up to Senior Engineers in one of the several multi-billion-dollar fabs.
The cost of living factor isn't as important as the percentage of code monkeys (among the lowest pay jobs in the tech sector) to those earning much higher income, and Austin having one of the smallest tech work force amongst the 7 listed cities, happen to have the lowest percentage of code monkeys in its tech work force as well.
That is why, by comparison, the average pay for tech job for Austin can get so high while other cities such as New York, where code monkeys can be had for dime a dozen, have their average tech salaries pull way down because of that.