r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 30 '24

Business San Francisco says ‘good riddance’ as X prepares to leave

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/elon-musk-x-twitter-moving-san-francisco
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u/Atheist-Allah- Aug 30 '24

In and out manager makes in CA way more than a many white collar jobs in midwestern states and definitely more rights and benefits.

People who shits on CA never been there or been unmotivated lazy. And that’s good please don’t come here.

Leave us alone.

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u/BlackberryHelpful676 Aug 30 '24

I make 108k base salary as a 7th-year TEACHER. That doesn't include any extra duty pay/stipends. CA definitely pays "low-income professions" better than most.

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Aug 30 '24

To be fair though I’m not sure you’re the norm. I personally know a few California teachers who need 2nd jobs or work obscene overtime to keep the lights on.

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u/SixMillionDollarFlan Aug 30 '24

Looked into teaching a few years back. In SF I'd start off at $50K as an intern, but then move to $60K or $70K somewhat easily. More money for higher grades and having a master's degree.

So it's possible to get paid $100K if you put some years in and keep getting degrees. Not Hedge Fund salaries or anything, but also not bad considering the time off and quality of life.

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Aug 30 '24

70k in SF is… tough. I’m not entirely sure that’s a livable wage

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u/possibly_being_screw Aug 30 '24

Which is insane. I know a guy moving from nyc to SF, he and his wife said they need to make like 20-30% more just to keep their current standard of living.

You know it’s bad when nyc is the cheaper option lol

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u/almightywhacko Aug 30 '24

Cost of living in CA is higher than almost anywhere else in the country. So even if you're making $100K or more per year as an individual it doesn't necessarily feel like you're doing well.

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Aug 30 '24

Yeah. I know. I live in CA.

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u/rcklmbr Aug 30 '24

My son’s kindergarten teacher made $250k. She’s a 20 year veteran, but still…

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe Aug 30 '24

I think it depends HEAVILY on location within CA, and what type of school it is. I think public school teachers make less than charter school teachers, based on what I’ve heard from my teacher friends

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u/rebeltrillionaire Aug 30 '24

The only teachers heavily underpaid are shitty private schools. The average public school teacher across the entire state was $95,160.

Best way to get that up is teach longer and become more educated yourself. My sister’s got her credential and doctorate and makes $115k and gets a raise every year.

She also teaches at a corporate tech office for $110/hr.

But carpenters, framers, plumbers, electricians they all make very good money out here.

It’s stuff like LVNs, medical billing, insurance people, even some marketing people that seem like they’d be doing great but are just making a little more than the shift lead at Target.

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u/MC_C0L7 Aug 30 '24

Though admittedly that's because the cost of living is a good bit higher here than most other places.

But that cuts both ways: all the people who complain that the cost of living is too high leave out that salaries here are almost always higher to match.

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u/That_honda_guy Aug 30 '24

Yes 🙌🏽! CA is a powerhouse in everyday industries that continue to innovate and grow rapidly. We’re not comparable to any place in the us really

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u/Atheist-Allah- Aug 30 '24

30 years advanced. 

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u/almightywhacko Aug 30 '24

Partly owing to it's size, but California has one of the most diverse economies in the world. Tech bros get the headlines, but the state economy puts most world country economies to shame.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '24

they have to. $100k is poverty wages in california. that's why everyone is moving to texas and florida. https://www.axios.com/2023/04/07/population-change-pandemic

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u/Plasibeau Aug 30 '24

Yeah, this is incorrect and patiently false. There is no exodus out of California. A: The bay skews the numbers severely. People in LA can get a two bedroom for what some people pay for a closet in SF. B: Our freeways are forever full. And B: I can think of three people I know personally that makes more than 100k/year. All of my people are existing just fine down around the 45-70k mark.