Re: Salary Quest: Re: Postition Available: Director ofInstructionalLaboratories

[Rick Tarara <rbtarara@SPRYNET.COM>]

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From: "Bernard Cleyet" <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: Salary Quest: Re: Postition Available: Director
ofInstructionalLaboratories


> I think Rick exaggerates -- looking at the Chron's section H (real estate)
21
> April (more recent were ersatz fire wood).  I find the San Jose high
median,
> n=67, (they're by ~ 20 zips) $645k (in 95120, high ~ $2.1m)  Low median,
> n=23, $297k (95133, the highest, $540k)   One may obtain an idea of the
size
> by the median $/squarefeet --  $240 for 95133.

Note that I said --'UP TO 10x'.  Everything depends on location, but I know
personally of homes in Florida that run over 5x the equivalent prices in the
Midwest.  Certain locations are even worse.  The point is, if the cost of
living is 1.5--2x higher, than salaries need to be the same.  $30k in Iowa
is not the same as $30K in Boston or Seattle.

Rick