Where the Highest Paying Tech Jobs Are

prostoalex writes "Where would you look for a high-paying tech job? If your answer is Silicon Valley or Research Triangle, Forbes magazine suggests some other destinations. When you take the cost of living and consider the net pay adjusted for that cost, places like Montgomery, Ala., Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark. suddenly seem quite attractive."

What about...

[flooey]

...after factoring in the personal cost of having to live in Alabama or Idaho?

Not attractive

[Anonymous Coward]

Living in Montgomery AL and installing Office on every PC in the air force does NOT sound attractive, thanks.

Re:What about...

[Anonymous Coward]

they can rent someone's basement to feel "at home".

Re:None here...

[kaufmanmoore]

just bide your time, football coach will have to open up eventually.

Re:Intriguing

[vertinox]

Lets see: cheaper housing + cheaper food/necessities + NOTHING ELSE TO SPEND MONEY ON = lower cost of living.

Oh come on... We are nerds... We buy everything online and don't need to go out to buy stuff... As long as we can get borad band we'll be fine...

We can get broad band at these places right?

What? We can't... Well to hell with them!

I missed out

[r00t]

They are damn fine though.

The defective kid rate is 3%. The normal defective kid rate is 1.5%. Not good, but not hopeless either.

You can keep property in the family this way. You already know the in-laws. There are fewer screwy traditions to deal with, since you already share some grandparents. In general, bad surprises are unlikely.

Supply and demand

[nick_davison]

Wait a moment, what am I saying?

The more people realize this, the more they'll be encouraged to move here, the more demand for the same supply of housing and the more I have to pay.

Iowa is the shiznit. It's the coolest place ever. I'm in California and it's awful here. We have to walk up hill both ways and the hills are steeper here (the land's scrunched up by our daily earthquakes). And hot? Like you wouldn't believe. Don't believe that stuff about coastal areas being cooler - it's hell here. No one should ever move here because, high salaries or not, life's too expensive. Iowa's the place. Des Moines is just super awesome. Off you go!

Re:cost of living.

[phantomfive]

Oh, and I would like to mention, COCKROACHES FLY!!!! I just tell you that to lessen the shock that we all feel when we see one of those monstrosities flying straight at us. They don't fly well, but the shock of seeing that the first time is something that can give you nightmares. And don't drink the water. Get bottled water from a reliable company. You might even want to test your bottled water. I am serious with this one, get bottled water. For a while I was purifying my water with chlorine, then I found out that the town water had LEAD in it, and I was drinking lead. I found out that no one in that town drank the water. So boiling water and stuff isn't good enough. Get the bottled water. Also, the two most important things that will keep you from getting mugged: learn to pay attention to your surroundings, what is going on, etc; and secondly, learn to look in someone's eyes and understand what he is feeling/thinking. Be careful with what you communicate with your eyes, too though: I know someone who got beat up and nearly died because he looked at someone funny (I am dead serious on that one, although it happened in Hawaii not Costa Rica). But if you do those two things you can avoid a lot, and react to things that do happen sooner. Also, if you like soccer, and get in a game of gringos against latinos, work as a team, and you will have a good chance of beating the latinos who will all want to show off and not work as a team.

Re:What about...

[Anonymous Coward]

Shhh... we've worked long and hard on that stealth technology - hiding an entire metroplex in plain sight. Stupid grunge bands and Starbucks nearly wrecked the plan, but we're back on track. Now we just need another volcanic eruption or small earthquake, and the newbies will run back to California. *Then* maybe I can find a parking place on Queen Anne...

Re:Cost of living in AL is CHEAP!

[avasol]

"...Most of these people go to church! They have morals!........"

Damn. I knew there was some reason not to move there after all. Thanks for pointing that out.

Re:Cost of living in AL is CHEAP!

[Flibz]

You've done it now!

1. Find place with low crime rate (so relaxed police)
2. Go on a crime spreee.
3. ???
4. Profit

You just commpleted step 1.