Larry Jaques on Fri, 20 Jun 2014
21:43:04 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:41:35 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:
"RogerN" on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:13:58 -0500 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
I have found my current career path at a dead end because of the company I
work for. I have gained the skills they need but they outsource the work
and don't have a position open for what they need.
Anyway, I'm open to relocation now and have been contacted by a recruiter
for a position in Bakersfield CA. at Chevron. I told the recruiter that I
wouldn't' be interested unless the position paid an outrageous amount of
money. He asked how much I have in mind, and hence this post. This is a 28
hour drive from my current location and where my family lives.
Is that 28 hours "on the road"?
To consider
this position, I need an estimate of the cost of living in the Bakersfield
area. What I want would be enough money to equal what I make now plus the
additional cost of living in Bakersfield (a place to live plus utilities)
plus enough to fly my family home multiple times per year.
I've found some positions I'm trying for within 5 or 6 hour drive that pay
in the $120k range, I'm thinking I'd want $150K to relocate to Bakersfield,
but I don't know the cost of living there.
Try the following for general data. You can make a comparison
between two cities. Just keep in mind "YMMV", in terms of "less pay
but less cost of living" - "Same pay, lower COLA", or even "Am I
willing to take a pay cut to get into 'the field'?"
http://www.bestplaces.net/city/california/bakersfield
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Compared to the rest of the country, Bakersfield's cost of living is
4.00% Higher than the U.S. average.
The unemployment rate in Bakersfield is 7.90 percent(U.S. avg. is
6.30%). Recent job growth is Negative. Bakersfield jobs have Decreased
by 0.24 percent.
Ranked #73 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?
Average Commute time is 23 minutes. The National Average is 25
minutes.
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OF course, it also depends on what your local cost of living is.
Moving from Seattle would be a great improvement:
" Compared to the rest of the country, Seattle (zip 98105)'s cost of
living is 68.20% Higher than the U.S. average." And it is about to go
higher.
"San Francisco's cost of living is 142.60% Higher than the U.S.
average."
All that is before you get to the details that California is a one
party state, and if you are not in one of the elite communities, so
what?
Bakersfield is inland desert - meaning hot and dry in the summer.
and Dry the rest of the year. Lots of sun, but ...
The good news: You'd be living near Gunner.
The bad news: You'd be living in Fort StinkinDesert, near Gunner.
You win some, you lose some, some are rained out. But it will be
easier to pick up deals on machine tools. B-)
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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."