"Data guru Hakeem Shibly recently dug into every US software engineering pay package shared with Levels.fyi in the past year. His goal: Figure out which cities pay engineers the best after adjusting for the cost of living. The Greater Seattle Area tops the list, followed by Austin - ahead of the big dog, Silicon Valley, which ranked third. A few surprises: Denver and Boulder edge out bigger, older hubs such as Chicago."
"The Raleigh-Durham research area in North Carolina ranks pretty high, offering solid compensation along with a reasonable cost of living. Want more options beyond Big Tech hubs like Silicon Valley and the Seattle area? San Diego, Dallas, and Atlanta offer software engineers a solid combination of pay and manageable living expenses, according to Levels.fyi data. If you want to know which tech jobs pay what kind of money, check out Business Insider's salary data here."
Analysis of Levels.fyi compensation data for US software engineers over the past year identifies which cities pay best after adjusting for cost of living. The Greater Seattle Area ranks first, followed by Austin and Silicon Valley in third. Denver and Boulder outperform some older hubs such as Chicago. The Raleigh-Durham research area ranks high by offering solid compensation with reasonable living costs. San Diego, Dallas, and Atlanta present strong alternatives to major tech centers, combining competitive pay and manageable living expenses. A compiled chart and salary dataset provide the underlying city-level comparisons.
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