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"Salary offers ranged from $64,400 to $100,000. The average salary offer was $79,914. The median salary offer was $ 82,200."

Friends of mine got offers for 64k in Boise, ID. 64k seems low for the bay area. Or is 64k in a place like Boise, ID just a really good offer?

When we make new hires we give them the option of trading cash for equity. I've found $60k (with the rest in equity) to be a pretty popular choice.

Many seem to consider it to be the lowest salary where one can live comfortably in the valley (allowing one to take risk without going into debt).

I believe the cost of living in places like Boise is much less than places like SF/NYC, so that's relatively decent.

With housing costs at almost half what they are in the valley, the cost of living is much lower in Boise.

I was there last summer on an internship and paying $550/month for a decent one bedroom.