Young couple moving to San Francisco from Europe

[Jasmine658]

A lot of designers are up on Potrero Hill, but this neighborhood has shot up. Rented out a tiny 1BR for $2400 last summer. The rent was just $1300 just a few years ago for same apartment, however we did update with granite, new carpet, etc. Property values way down, but rents way up. It's competitive out there also. Last apartment I put on market this fall, potential tenants were offering me a full year of rent paid in advance to get in (this was on Potrero Hill) as there were so few vacancies. I had to turn down so many good applicants.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by mdwstrnkid

I'd suggest checking out Glassdoor to compare your salaries with the reported market rates. I know that the numbers are pretty accurate for my company. It should help you benchmark your salaries against that of the current market.

Glassdoor – an inside look at jobs & companies

Glassdoor only works if you are working for a big company.

[mdwstrnkid]

Originally Posted by jade408

Glassdoor only works if you are working for a big company.

Well, you can get a sense of what the market is for a given title. With a few exceptions, you can see that most companies pay a reasonably similar salary "$x" for the position title "y". I would guess for smaller companies, you might expect a little less, but you would probably not see a huge difference for the given locale.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by mdwstrnkid

Well, you can get a sense of what the market is for a given title. With a few exceptions, you can see that most companies pay a reasonably similar salary "$x" for the position title "y". I would guess for smaller companies, you might expect a little less, but you would probably not see a huge difference for the given locale.

Smaller companies can easily be 25%-30% less.