Would you leave an ok job for a 14k pay increase?

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I had an opportunity somewhat like this but it would have required me to leave missouri and go to California. Simply put I can’t afford California in any way outside of a few weekend trips. It would have been in the Sacramento area.

But the fact is I would have actually lost money moving there even though on paper the job was about 27K more (mostly due to the cost of living). But the 20K damn near makes up for the taxes.

I’d rather live on my current pay in missouri as opposed to California for now.
 
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Every job changes has an element of risk, that's normal. The only way I wouldn't take it is if the change cancelled out any net benefits.
 

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Depends…there is a lot more to jobs than simply just pay.

I look at insurance and retirement, paid time off, location, the position I’m moving into, chances of future promotion, etc.

You can quickly find yourself in a very shytty situation making just a little bit more money and be miserable. I look at everything.
 

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currently going thru this right now

current job is unprofessional as hell and I think ive hit near our salary ceiling (this is a small company)
 
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