Well...Ha I just dropped to around $100,000 because I just started a new position. I was with my last role with Dell for about 10 months (remote position) then a layoff and severance happened.
You have a lot of companies in Austin though... Dell, Oracle, IBM, Silicon Graphics, Indeed, Rackspace. Not to mention the smaller companies and start ups like Cloudflare, Atlassian, etc.
No state income tax here which is good. I think there was a study that said that it is one of the more expensive places to MOVE to, but I mean that's what relocation is for.
I didn't get any because I moved from San Antonio but ah well
I think the biggest thing that will eat your income is housing. I'm about to pay $1,505 for an 11 month lease for about 970 square feet. Location is probably what gets me too but relative to the area I'm moving, which is North Austin, it costs less than surrounding areas.
Gotta factor in some places are being gentrified like East Austin which is predominately black.
A lot of blacks moving to the suburbs. But with the right role you can pay those and be alright.
Everything else such as food, gas, etc costs low. You may pay high energy bills in the summer to keep your house cool but that's the only factor I can think of. It's still the south so cost of living overall is not as bad as say somewhere in Cali or DC or somewhere.
I'd advise you look and I'm always down to help a breh out.