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North America
Austin
TX, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Austin compare to Seattle?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Austin is 6% worse off vs in Seattle
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Austin compared to Seattle, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$122,623
-$50,617 (-29%) vs Seattle
Tax Rate: 29%
Weather
How does the weather in Austin compare to Seattle?
Seattle has better overall weather
3.8/10(vs 5.4/10 in Seattle)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
27°C(vs 16°C in Seattle)
Average Low
16°C(vs 9°C in Seattle)
Sunshine Hours
2,644h/yr+474h/yr(+22%)
Average High in hottest month
35°C(vs 25°C in Seattle)
Average Low in coldest month
6°C(vs 3°C in Seattle)
Rainy Days
76/yr-51/yr(-40%)
Muggy Days
142/yr+142/yr(+Infinity%)
Cloud Cover
38%(vs 55% in Seattle)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Austin compare to Seattle?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Austin compared to Seattle?
SWE Affordability
2.4 years
0.6 years quicker than Seattle
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Austin has around 16 Luma events listed.
That's 6% fewer events than Seattle.
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