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I've done recent contract work in both SV and LA. I would say SV/SF pays 10-15% higher. In addition the work in SV is much more interesting to me and probably other HN types than the work in LA. Within the Bay Area the arc from Berkeley, SF, Palo Alto, San Jose was more interesting than the East Bay/Contra Costa.

I used CraigsList so there may be a SV vs LA bias in the listings.

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My experience working in both LA and SV backs up the price differential you raised. I've worked on some really interesting projects in LA though.

I think this is probably true, on average.. but the std deviation of salaries in the south is fairly high.. I think CL is probably a more productive way to find work in SV that down south as well.. wouldn't occur to most shops down here to use CL.. in fact, I had an HR person laugh at me once for suggesting it :|

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