1. Numbeo: add a 10% "against" you to be on the safe side
2. Salary Calculators: whichever "salary calculator" you are using, add a 10% "against" you (taxes-taxes-taxes)
3. To whatever utilities you are calculating, add another 10% "against" you to for "building administration", "council/city tax".
Do 1-2-3 and you will not have any surprised to your cost-of-living calculations.
Cost of living in Barcelona is 35.00% lower than in ____
You would figure it is really only 25% cheaper? Are you comparing just some itemized costs you incur on a business trip or are you actually moving to these places as a resident and making that observation? I ask because a 10% margin of error hasn't been my experience.
> Doing a Numbeo cost of living conversion suggests at least the base salary is roughly comparable to what you'd be making in the US.
Where in the US? Maybe in the boondocks, but those salaries are shit compared to major city salaries in the US. I made more than that working as an intern before graduating nearly 10 years ago during great recession.
Doing a Numbeo cost of living conversion suggests at least the base salary is roughly comparable to what you'd be making in the US. The total comp numbers seem low to me, however.