<prompt> Human: Hello all, I am considering a move to another major city potentially Austin, TX, Portland, OR, or Charlotte, NC from a very high cost of living city NYC. I currently make 80k as a financial consultant at a Big 4 professional services firm. I will be looking into financial analyst roles and possibly other consulting roles in my new city. The part that is giving me issues is that I know I will have to except lower pay in a lower cost of living area. I know calculators out there that tell you how much you would need to make for the same standard of living, but those call for a pretty huge cut. Im curious if anyone else has made that kind of move or has any expert analysis on this type of issue.TL;DR What type of pay cut should I expect in a new cityAssistant: Go look around on sites like glassdoor and look up the average pay in the new city for the role you are looking at.Human: I have done this, but should I just be accepting this average and not trying at all to leverage my current salary?  <response>: You can try to negotiate whatever you want, but from the new companys perspective they didnt ask you to move and are not relocating you so they dont have a reason to factor that in. You can always try though. Everything is negotiable. 