If you’re a software engineer, where should you live to maximize your income?

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Post by asdsa5325 » Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:39 PM UTC

If you’re a software engineer, where should you live to maximize your income?
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Post by throwaway_bmore » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:12 PM UTC

Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked

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Post by zeperoni » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

It's interesting to see Phoenix so high up. Living there now, and there does seem to be a lot of Software Engineer jobs. But I'm not sure how it's handling the newer programmers. I spoke with 7 companies yesterday that asked if I would relocate to San Fransisco for entry level or internship opportunities.

(Obviously this data does not take that into account)

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Post by Areading314 » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

I think many people would still rather make $55k in SF than $91k in detroit, even if these numbers weren't completely bogus

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Post by chomp » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

throwaway_bmore wrote: post #2

Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked

Why? There are a TON of government jobs there.

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Post by GameOfTrolls » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

Not San Diego

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Post by tj-teej » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:16 PM UTC

The "Opportunity index" is "determined by dividing the number of job openings listed on ZipRecruiter by the number of active job seekers in that area"

This leads to Baltimore being #1 and San Francisco 17th. I think this is overly simplistic and not representative of "opportunity", I used to live near Baltimore, I wouldn't say it has more opportunity for Software Engineers than SF.

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Post by indescions_2018 » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:18 PM UTC

throwaway_bmore wrote: post #2

Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked

Baltimore suburbs are part of the whole aerospace / defense corridor: NSA, SAIC, Ft Meade, NASA Goddard, and a whole lot more ;)

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Post by rcatcher » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:19 PM UTC

throwaway_bmore wrote: post #2

Skeptical to see baltimore so highly ranked

Agreed, the number of tech jobs in Baltimore according to StackOverflow, indeed.com and whoishiring.io is very low.

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Post by xienze » Thu, May 31, 2018, 8:20 PM UTC

Areading314 wrote: post #4

I think many people would still rather make $55k in SF than $91k in detroit, even if these numbers weren't completely bogus

> I think many people would still rather make $55k in SF than $91k in detroit

And where exactly are you going to live for $55K in the Bay Area? At least in Detroit you don't have to commute that far to live somewhere that's quite nice, and even own a house.