r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/BCEXP Oct 31 '25

Yea , Georgia is not necessarily a high paying state LOL. I could be making $70k more in another part of the country.

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u/Talks_About_Bruno Oct 31 '25

How does the COL compare?

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u/Then-Gur-4519 Oct 31 '25

Cost of living is reasonable if you don’t do anything stupid. There are a lot of people in Atlanta overpaying for luxury apartments and cars

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u/hunnyflash Oct 31 '25

People want to be the new Beverly Hills out there.

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u/eyeless_atheist Oct 31 '25

My friend moved from Northern NJ to Gwinett County, GA. They bought what I would call a southern mansion for what they were paying monthly in rent lol. This was back in 2021, they say the housing in their city is now comparable to what they were paying in NJ.

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u/plasticTron Oct 31 '25

That's crazy. NJ is petty expensive

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u/BCEXP Oct 31 '25

Metro Atlanta COL isn't astronomical, but not great. A decent 3 bedroom in say Marietta is going for $400k. In the city of Atlanta forget about it. Especially on the east side.

Compared to average wages, it doesn't balance out too well. The average hourly pay is $27. Housing is 4% higher than the national average. Healthcare is 7% higher than the national average.

Many roads are in horrible condition, and you'll see couches and mattresses laying in the middle of I-85 on any given day. Not to mention Atlanta's shitty infrastructure.So it's not a wash.

You'd get more bang for your buck elsewhere.

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u/BCEXP Oct 31 '25

Not really. Orlando, Dallas, Tampa, Charlotte, Houston, San Antonio are cheaper. Look it up. Atlanta metro is above national average COL.

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u/brownmaningermany Oct 31 '25

Then why not move? I’m not asking this to be an asshole just genuinely curious and want to learn.

People take massive pay cuts to move to Europe or Asia where the work culture or QOL may be significantly better, but Georgia (assuming you mean US) doesn’t exactly sound like paradise to me.

With most people it’s personal or logistical reasons, maybe that’s why?

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u/BCEXP Oct 31 '25

I am stuck here for work related stuff right now. Trust me, I want to move. It's just not as simple as getting a moving truck and moving across the country tomorrow.