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I think it's reasonable...

Starting salaries in Raligh-Durham, NC are around 60k for a college graduate in Computer Science. According to CNN, this is equal to 104k in SFO with cost of living adjustments. (Source: http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/ )

Although, I think the numbers are a little suspect.

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Interesting to hear $60K starting here in RTP now. That's not much of an increase in the last 10 years . . . Of course, in 2001 the undergrad CS starting numbers I was hearing ranged from $45K to $55K (a little lower at SAS). About $10K higher for MS in CS types back then.

Healthcare IT work (which I think we both know something about?) seems a little lower though, but jobs in RTP seem plentiful in that vertical.

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