California’s taxes, cost of living crisis crushes six-figure salaries — here’s where your paycheck stretches the least

Source: New York Post

Even a $100,000 salary barely goes the distance in San Francisco and Oakland, where steep taxes and soaring housing costs have gutted the buying power of Californians. California dominates the bottom of the rankings of a recent analysis by ConsumerAffairs, with San Francisco and Oakland coming in dead last among the 100 largest US cities analyzed. San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego also landed in the 10 cities where six-figure salaries stretch the least.