By Aoibhinn Mc Bride
Thanks to salary transparency laws in several U.S. states, it’s never been easier to see what employers are willing to pay.
And according to recent data compiled by Indeed, job seekers are
However, with some salary bands so vast—software developers postings, in particular, often display some of the widest salary bands— it’s impossible to gauge what the actual figure you can expect to earn is, and only 22% of employers state the exact wage or salary on job postings.
The good news is that inflation has finally infiltrated salaries, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data’s
The report found that in July, the average salary for a full-time job was $69,475 compared to $60,764 a year before.
For those switching jobs, it gets even better—respondents said the lowest salary they were prepared to accept in a new job was $78,645, almost $6,000 higher than what was deemed acceptable a year earlier.
Cost-of-Living Crisis Continues
However, with inflation continuing to rise—the index for all items including food and
And for tech workers in particular, many of whom are based in areas such as San Jose in northern California, the average salary falls short of the $80,013 a single person or $130,239 a family of four needs to get by.
In California, the average house costs $1,385,816, and San Francisco is the
Additionally, childcare in California can range from
One way to get around this is opting for remote work so you can be based in a more affordable city—Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Alabama are the three cheapest places to live in the U.S. or you could move to a new role in a new company in order to negotiate a higher salary than you’re currently earning.
If the latter is the case, make the
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