<prompt> Human: I live in a city with comparable standard of living to Dallas. Every once and a while Ill apply for a job in a city that I find interesting just to see if it goes anywhere. I usually apply for a job that is very comparable to my current position. For the sake of this discussion, lets say Im a staff accountant at a large firm, and I make about 55,000 a year. If I were to move from Dallas for the sake of this discussion to Seattle, Washington I would need to make about 80k to maintain my standard of living according to a CNN calculator. Is it reasonable to expect that some generic corporate positions, like accountant and project manager, earn salaries comparable to what the standard of living adjustment is according to CNN? Or do these people make about the same wages, and sacrifice more to live in expensive areas?Sorry this is a best I can ask my question. Ill be happy to clarify. Thank you for any insight I receive.  <response>: Yes and no. In many cases that is the case where the salary has to adjust for the cost of living. However in some cases the company will actually pay more for people to work in the middle of nowhere cause no one wants to live there 