Where’s the best remote work?

As government agencies are embracing remote work and full time telework, there’s a lot to consider for folks who might toy with the idea of relocating just because we can.

My boss mentioned that Houston is the perfect location because it has the 3rd highest locality pay, Texas has no income tax and there are some really amazing schools there.

Only seven states have no personal income tax:

• Wyoming.
• Washington.
• Texas.
• South Dakota.
• Nevada.
• Florida.
• Alaska.

Taking a look at this locality pay interactive map, you can see that the whole eastern coast from DC through Connecticut has some kind of locality pay: https://www.federalpay.org/gs/locality

Highest Paying Locality Pay Areas

• San Francisco: $113,431.
• New York City: $107,448.
• Houston: $106,919.
• Washington, DC: $104,641.
• Rest of the U.S.: $92,988.