Salary * 0.6 is a fairly close guesstimate for take home pay in San Francisco if you're making low six figures.
take home at 130 was almost exactly 3k/check
housing ate 48% of my monthly income
This is why I'm going to Southern California in the future rather than the Bay Area. Still, housing in California..
Housing is still expensive in socal with lower salaries. Anything in California is a bad deal in my opinion.
Yeah, orange_county is right: you're not going to find much better down here either. If you're not in Santa Monica paying bay area rent for a rundown shack you're going to make less the further inland you go, and the rents don't get much cheaper.