Yea but also have to figure cost of living too.
Take Alaska, teachers there get 65,468. Do you know how much a Big Mac at Mcdonalds cost there? Last I heard it was like $6.00 now this was in 1994 when in the lower 48 it was $3.00. Can only imagine now what it costs as now that is the price for a Big Mac here.
KC_Lion help me out here please with the cost of living in Alaska, never been there, but know it’s very high. Everything has to be imported in.
Point being the places “paying the most” are the most terrible places that no one wants to live in with a high cost of living.
KC_Lion not saying Alaska is bad, it’s beautiful, just too freaking cold for me and unless you are an Eskimo like my best friend most Americans.
While the wage increase can be attributed to a number of things, paying people more to work in remote locations. Then the cost of logistics and sustaining the deployment.
But then you have places like New York City or California in general.
My gosh everything is priced out of this world. But most of that is due the high taxes and regulation which is well known here on F.R.
CNN Money has a pretty good Widget that allows you to compare living costs through out the country. http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/
Here is another that shows your increase http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/savings/moving-cost-of-living-calculator.aspx
Your best friend is an Inuit Morgana? That is great :D