Super Cali taxes/costs are really quite atrocious.*
From SF Gate, February 25:
A six-figure paycheck goes the least far in SF and Oakland
It’s no surprise that money in California doesn’t go as far as it does in many other states. But a new report from ConsumerAffairs reveals the stark contrast in take-home pay for someone earning a six-figure salary here compared to other areas.
Workers making a $100,000 salary in San Francisco and Oakland would have a purchasing power of just $62,371 after taxes and when adjusted for regional price parity, the worst on the list of U.S. cities.
California’s state income tax is high, but it’s the cities’ RPP, which translates roughly to cost of living, that really brings down the salary. Goods and services are much more expensive in California, with housing and utilities making purchasing power plummet. Housing costs in San Francisco, for example, are double the national average, the report said.
It’s no surprise San Francisco dominated the list, as it’s frequently cited as one of the most expensive cities in the world. Prices don’t look like they’ll be coming down anytime soon, either, as rent continues to skyrocket and home prices stay high amid low inventory and demand from AI workers.
California cities made up the bulk of the top of the list where a $100,000 salary is most diluted, with eight cities in the bottom 10. Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim and Irvine tied for fourth-worst in the country, with a paycheck netting just $63,829. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has a slightly lower RPP compared to SF, saving workers nearly $1,500.
New York City came in at No. 3 with $62,674 in take-home pay, and Honolulu came in at No. 5 with $65,204.
Texas dominated the list of the highest adjusted post-tax salaries, with four Texas cities earning the most of a $100,000 paycheck. Texas lacks both state and local income taxes, allowing workers to avoid a huge chunk of their pay being deducted each earning period. In Laredo, Texas, workers would take home $89,864 of a $100,000 salary, the highest on the list. El Paso and Lubbock rounded out the top three....
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*An homage to an homage. From April 2021's "The Backstory On Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (geek tech site The Register hardest hit)":
...And The Register?
They seem to have bet the publication on the word in question:
Super Cali COVID count is somewhat out of focus, server crash and expired cert makes numbers quite atrocious
Super Cali 'leccy bikes are proving quite atrocious, even though the biz insists they really quite precocious
Super Cali optimistic right-to-repair's negotious, even though Apple thought it was something quite atrocious
Super Cali goes ballistic, net neutrality hopeless? Even Ajit Pai's gloating is something quite atrocious
Super Cali health inspectors: Tesla blood awoke us
Super Cali upstart's new rocket test approaches, even though the size of it won't launch a Tesla motor
Super Cali goes ballistic, Starbucks is on notice: Expensive milky coffee is something quite cancerous
Super Cali's futuristic robo-cars in focus. Even though a watchdog says tech is quite atrocious
Super Cali goes – oh no, wait, this is Colorado
Super Cali: Be realistic, 'autopilot' is bogus – even though the sound of it is something quite precocious
Super Cali: Be realistic, get a wa– ah, screw itWanna work for El Reg? Developers needed for headline-writing AI bots
And so, soooo, many more.
They even have self awareness but does that stop them?
So much for only one Super Cali headline per monthNooooo...
