We all know California is a very expensive state in which to live, but did we realize quite how expensive? Between state income taxes and cost of living, a resident in either San Francisco or Oakland has a purchasing power of $62,371 after these two factors are taken into account.
In fact, California has eight of the top (bottom?) ten metro areas where salary is the most diluted including Loos Angeles, San José, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Long Beach, and Irvine.