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Re: Pay Rates relative to Cost of Living in a Town
Subject:Re: Pay Rates relative to Cost of Living in a Town From:joanne grey <j_grey -at- WRITEANGLES -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 7 Jul 1998 08:44:33 -0700
John,
You might try http://www2.homefair.com/calc/salcalc.html. I don't know
how accurate they are - I've got no frame of reference here. They do
have many of the more popular international cities available, though.
HTH.
-joanne
John David Hickey wrote:
> So here are the questions:
> 1. How do you determine the cost of living in a town?
> 2. How do you adjust your pay rate relative to the cost of living?