Raleigh NC best U.S. city for jobs

"Raleigh, part of the so-called "research triangle" with Durham and Chapel Hill where several major universities are located, has low unemployment, strong income and job growth, high incomes and a relatively low cost of living, Forbes said."

funny the huge difference between those three cities... considering we're all in the triangle and each city has one of the major universities mentioned.

we were looking to move closer to raleigh for cheaper housing. rental housing here is ridiculous.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beryl Octet @ Feb 20 2007, 10:29 AM) [snapback]393279[/snapback]</div>

I live in West Palm Beach. I'd like to find the so called high paying jobs that the article is referencing. Most of the jobs here are in service, retail, sales, and medical. I have no medical background and sales is slave driven.

Retail and service pay s**t wages. The average wage in WPB is about $10.00/hr. and the taxes, insurance, cost of housing or rent are astronomical. I see no reason to move here unless you DO NOT have to work. This place is vastly overrated. FL is also an "At Will" state which means an employer can get rid of you for NO reason at all.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Beryl Octet @ Feb 20 2007, 11:28 AM) [snapback]393312[/snapback]</div>

we found that 2 br apartments in durham and 2 br houses in raleigh cost about the same... we just didn't wanna spend the difference in gas money.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Walker1 @ Feb 20 2007, 12:39 PM) [snapback]393341[/snapback]</div>

after taxes i bring home $8.75/hour, and that's if i have a lazy week and only work 40 hours. if i work 50, it's down to $7. and i have even worked 80 hour weeks for $4.38/hour.

you'd think someone with genuine talent in the skilled trade sector would do better, but i'm afraid not.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Feb 20 2007, 12:43 PM) [snapback]393344[/snapback]</div>

:lol:
you mean my little dancing test tube? yes, that is quite the attraction

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Feb 20 2007, 01:44 PM) [snapback]393389[/snapback]</div>

What is it you do that only nets $8.75/hr.? Why does your pay go down the more hours you work?

 

no matter how many hours i work, i get the same paycheck at the end of the month. so hourly, the more i work the less i make per hour. i'm a grad student working exclusively on my thesis, which basically makes me nothing more than a grossly underpaid biomedical researcher.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Feb 20 2007, 04:52 PM) [snapback]393475[/snapback]</div>

Same here, except replace "biomedical" with "microbial"; it is shameful how little grad students get paid for how much we contribute and for how hard we work. They pay me for "20" hours a week, though I have to work 40-50 most weeks; all the while my advisor, aka "boss", gets paid at least 5 times what I get paid (and she gets paid less than she would working for a for-profit company). They justify the low pay with the fact that they also pay my tuition, however, when I take thesis credits (which are the majority of credits needed), the university, college, and department don't have any costs due to me 'taking' thesis credits. Its a load of crap. Most all major advances in research have been made possible due to the underpaid, under appreciated, Ramen noodle fed grad student. I wouldn't even be here if I didn't want that PhD!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MarkMN @ Feb 20 2007, 04:17 PM) [snapback]393488[/snapback]</div>

ahhh, someone else in this category

they do pay my fees here, i pay tax on that too... but i get some of that back with the lifetime learning credit. we don't have thesis credits, but there are "continuation fees" for those of us not taking classes anymore.

i just find it amusing that raleigh hits the top of the list and their next door neighbors are so vastly different despite extremely similar circumstances. it's the two state-run uni's vs the private one... prices near the private uni are jacked up, and prices in the scenic, touristy town are jacked up.

maybe i should have gone to state (located in raleigh) instead :lol: