Moving To Houston (Howe: income, rent , job)

[teacher5]

I'm moving to Houston with $5000, no housing and no job. Am I crazy??

[Wysiwyg]

yes, if youre a teacher

[occdn]

From what I have read, teachers are in demand but underpaid in TX. I've been doing a lot of job hunting and all of the resources I see say nursing and teaching are in high demand. However, expect to make enough to "get by" renting and eating at home 97% of the time. The 32-35k a year seems the average.

Moving ANYWHERE without a job in mind is crazy. I wouldn't do it with less than 1 year of living costs in my bank account.

[rasta empress]

Things are reasonable in TX but $5,000 won't last that long. If you have to find some place to live you have to put down a deposit and then pay rent until you find work which could take who knows how long. In fact without a job and no prospects finding housing may be difficult if not impossible.

Find a job and then move. Even with a job, moving costs and deposits etc will eat up your $5,000 quickly.

[Bike4Life]

Teaching is a nobel career and you should do fine in Houston with an offer for this fall.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by occdn

From what I have read, teachers are in demand but underpaid in TX. I've been doing a lot of job hunting and all of the resources I see say nursing and teaching are in high demand. However, expect to make enough to "get by" renting and eating at home 97% of the time. The 32-35k a year seems the average.

The country schools around the area may pay that much for a beginner teacher, but the Houston area schools pay about $10k more than that for a beginner teacher.

However, the 1-2% annual raises are dismal. The inflation adjustments you get every 5-7 years are barely adequate. Whatever buying power you have today as a teacher, you will have forever.

Though it's probably the most reliable 2nd income a family could have.