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North America
Irvine
CA, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Irvine compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Irvine is 22% worse off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Irvine compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$106,362
-$58,724 (-36%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 38%
Weather
How does the weather in Irvine compare to San Francisco?
Irvine has better overall weather
9.2/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
23°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
13°C(vs 12°C in San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
3,020h/yr-42h/yr
Average High in hottest month
27°C(vs 22°C in San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
9°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
27/yr-21/yr(-44%)
Muggy Days
11/yr+11/yr(+5500%)
Cloud Cover
24%(vs 34% in San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Irvine compare to San Francisco?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Irvine compared to San Francisco?
SWE Affordability
6.2 years
1.1 years longer than San Francisco
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Irvine has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than San Francisco.
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