[dewey]

This site is usually helpful: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...

[keepamovin]

Interesting, it's almost double in SV the cost of Berlin!

How much salary do you think should allocate to base and how much toward any location adjustments, in general?

[dewey]

I can't answer that, but there's some companies that do all that in public:

- https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/total-rewards/compensat...

- https://www.checklyhq.com/blog/open-sourcing-our-pay-calcula...

- https://buffer.com/salary-calculator

[keepamovin]

Hey, nice resources, man! Thank you. No worries that you can't decide on the amounts, it's OK :)

[glitchcrab]

My employer takes cost of living into account by multiplying your salary by the numbeo factor for where you live. Base salaries are all calculated for Cologne (HO) and then adjusted by the relative cost of living factor for your locale. (we're entirely remote)

[keepamovin]

What happens if you move to Hawaii mid way through your tenure?

[glitchcrab]

Then your salary is recalculated - it's something which is explained by default during the interview process (as it invariably comes up)

[KomoD]

No, that should not be trusted, any random person can go mess with the numbers.

[dewey]

Just like Wikipedia and many other information sources. Don't trust one source blindly, do your research and you'll be fine. It gives a good enough general indication. A comparison like this will always depend on too many factors to make it applicable to everyone in any case.