[WEB4LIB] Re: job announcement

[Susan Fariss]

Actually, I looked at the cost of living of Prescott, AZ  versus
Berkeley, CA as examples, and the feedback from this search was that
$36,000 in Prescott is worth $64,000 in Berkeley.  I also took the
liberty of comparing Prescott to Washington, DC.  Here the difference
was $36,000 in Prescott, AZ is worth $56,000 in Washington, DC - not
fabulous but not too shabby either.

This was all from www.homefair.com (click on Salary Calculator).

The lesson I took from this?  DC is definitely cheaper to live in than
Berkeley, although Berkeley has better weather.  :-)

Amusedly written on a Friday afternoon just before a holiday.

Susan Fariss

>>> Tom Edelblute <thomas at anaheim.lib.ca.us> 05/24/02 04:16PM >>>
I don't think the cost of living discrepancy between Arizona and So.
Cal
is a factor of 5.5.  The difference between housing in San Francisco
and
parts of Arizona might be that great, but not overall cost of living.

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"McCoy, Thomas" wrote:
> 
> This position is in Arizona.  $36,000 is like $200,000 in So. Cal.
!!!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Thomas McCoy
> Web Development Specialist
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Pasternack [mailto:Howard_Pasternack at brown.edu] 
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 11:46 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: job announcement
> 
> $36,000 for a Ph.D. in Library Science!  What is wrong with this
picture
> and what does it say about how we value ourselves as professionals.