High Paying (6-figure) Tech Jobs + Low Cost of Living + Little/No Snow (job market, incomes)

[blahblahblah32]

What cities and metro areas in the US fit these criteria?

1) Low cost of living.

2) A good job market for tech jobs (esp in Data Science) that pay 100K or higher a year.

3) Rarely snows. An inch or two every once in a while in the winter is alright. But regular heavy snowfalls or snow that stays on the ground for many weeks is an absolute deal breaker.

Assume everything else is unimportant.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

You will have to compromise on one. Most warm places either have low wages (South) or high COL (California, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami)

[Mutiny77]

Austin, Raleigh/Durham, DFW, Atlanta, and Houston will come closest.

[blahblahblah32]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Austin, Raleigh/Durham, DFW, Atlanta, and Houston will come closest.

Thanks.. My original list was just Austin and DFW but thanks for the additional suggestions.

Also, how's Portland? I know they had that big snowstorm earlier this year but as long as that's not a regular yearly occurrence, I think I can tolerate the weather there.

[petroglyphin]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

You will have to compromise on one. Most warm places either have low wages (South) or high COL (California, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami)

Phoenix has a high cost of living? You're kidding, right?

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

You will have to compromise on one. Most warm places either have low wages (South) or high COL (California, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami)

Phoenix & Vegas are not high COL. Atlanta, DFW, Phoenix, & Houston are probably the best combination of good incomes, low COL and warm.

[AZLiam]

Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220

You will have to compromise on one. Most warm places either have low wages (South) or high COL (California, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Miami)

What are you talking about? Phoenix should not be lumped together with California and Miami...and Vegas COL is about 8900 more than Phoenix.

[sedimenjerry]

Atlanta area has a lot of tech jobs and many with significant salaries. COL is higher than much of the south but it beats areas like DC, Seattle, San Francisco, etc.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by petroglyphin

Phoenix has a high cost of living? You're kidding, right?

Phoenix is more expensive than the National Average, if that is the baseline we are using

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

Phoenix & Vegas are not high COL. Atlanta, DFW, Phoenix, & Houston are probably the best combination of good incomes, low COL and warm.

Phoenix and Las Vegas are more expensive than the National Average