How do the two locations compare?
$320,000 in California leaves $37,530 less a year after state tax and housing. To match Texas, ask for $390,602.
What's at stake
- Take-home in Texas
- $227,707
- State income tax only, single with 0 dependents.
- Take-home in California
- $202,176
- −$25,530 a year
- Housing difference
- +$12,000
- A year, California versus Texas
- Moving costs
- $15,000
- One-time, included in the five-year figure
- Five-year difference
- −$202,652
- After state tax and housing and moving costs, before local wage taxes.
- Salary needed in California
- $390,602
- +$70,602 versus the offer
- Non-compete in California
- Banned for most workers
The strongest case for change
Ask for $390,602 — the number that leaves you whole after state tax and housing.
If you decide to move forward
- Ask California for $390,602 in writing, or the difference in signing bonus.
- Read California's practice-restriction rules and limits. State rule
- Check the training-license and tax facts for California. Residency facts
What this is based on (high confidence)
- Taxed as single with 0 dependents; state income tax only, no city or county wage tax.
- Housing is the monthly figure entered, compared over 12 months.
- Moving costs are one-time and included in the five-year figure.
- No other cost-of-living adjustment.
- The same salary in both states; the equivalent-salary line solves for tax and housing.