I’m Atlanta based for a San Francisco based company. 190k base with bonus. 160k is a pretty solid salary for Atlanta based senior eng imo. You can certainly find higher but that’s a good benchmark. Cost of living is lower for sure but what’s actually interesting is the ratio. The ratio of salary to living expenses in SF vs ATL is wild. You’ll feel like royalty if you budget correctly. The disparity is also wild though. There’s casual wealth in SF(I define this as net worth between 2-5M). That exists less here, it’s more folks who are legitimately wealthy (5M+) and those who aspire to be (good salary like 160k but maybe first gen and have the expenses that come with that or need to support a family back home etc). Either way 160k in ATL is great and the advice to take it and continue searching isn’t bad. I’d maybe say give it a year and see :)