Well, there's extravagant, then there's extravagant:
Six Memorial Coliseum executives could be in line for big pay raises next year, even though other Allen County employees
Well, there's extravagant, then there's extravagant:
Six Memorial Coliseum executives could be in line for big pay raises next year, even though other Allen County employees
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I am not sure where the
Annual Average Wage/Salary Disbursements per Job/2008
United States $45,716
Illinois $49,262
Ohio $41,150
Indiana $38,901
No wonder professionals avoid the Hoosier state like a plague. I remember periodic surveys of students graduating from college. The vast majority said they'd rather go work and live someplace more expensive/with higher cost of living if the wages are higher than live in a cheaper place that touts grocery store redeemable DOUBLE coupons for crappy wages.
BTW: Do you know, in 2010, the salary of Indiana's governor ranks 44th among U.S. governors' salaries. The average salary earned by U.S. governors is $128,735. The median salary earned by U.S. governors is $129,962. Mitch Daniels gets paid $95,000.
Oh, I know, they take the job not for the money, but for an altruistic sense of public service.
AJ
Andrew, I lived in IL for two years. The property tax rate is nearly four times what it is hear in Allen County. I had an average size home in 1989 and my property tax was over $4,000 a year. In addition the sales tax is on food as well and the state income tax is 50% higher than IN.
The cost of living is simply higher. Now you can earn less in IN, pay less for items and save more allowing you to travel and visit for a short period of time many places. However, living in IL limits your savings and traveling to other places.
It may be a nice place to visit, but I do not want to live there.
But if you are a college grad, getting job offers for professional white collar jobs, from industries and corporations, wouldn't you rather move to suburban Chicago, for example, because the job pays more than locate in Indiana just because it's cheaper to live there even though the state offers wages on the lower end of the national spectrum? Would you take $62,000 to work in Florida as opposed to $52,000 to work in Fort Wayne?
Indiana has a reputation as a cheap state; don't you believe it's warranted?
AJ