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Old 08-31-2022, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
You can’t compare salaries unless you also compare the cost of living in New York and Florida.

A salary of $25,000 in Orlando, Florida should increase to $46,552 in New York, New York. That is 1.86 higher.

If you multiply $49,000 times 1.86 you get $91,140.

Adjusted for cost of living, it appears that Florida pays more than New York.
The fallacy in your calculations is it assumes Florida is 1.00 which it is not. I suggest you find what the multiplication factor is for Orlando or Miami then post your numbers.