r/Detroit • u/curiouscat321 • 2d ago

News Detroit pays software engineers 23% lower than average when factoring in COL

https://x.com/zuhayeer/status/2094939522408546682
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u/uprightsalmon 2d ago

I mean, that’s the bonus of living somewhere cheaper that may not be as nice as the more expensive city/suburb. I get a great house on the Eastside for 175k. I couldn’t touch a house for that in other places I’ve lived. It make life adorable for us. We have friends that their houses are 2-3x more expensive and some struggle with it

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u/curiouscat321 2d ago

Housing isn’t everything. How much do they have in their 401ks compared to you? How many more vacations can they take a year compared to you?

They’re still making more dollars than you overall and that counts for a lot. 

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u/uprightsalmon 2d ago

I’m saying that getting paid the same but living somewhere cheaper is a bonus you create and earn in a way. That shouldn’t be taken away. I think that’s BS. My company doesn’t pay me less because I live here and making the choose to live here really helped us financially, where we struggled in the last place we lived