This is a genuine question, I was snooping around looking at internal positions and was wondering why are the wages in NY and CA so low if the cost of living is exceptionally much higher than in other states such as MO, FL, TX.
I had seen several positions (all the same ones, same grade level as well) outside of NY and CA, that start $2-4$ more dollars than the same positions listed in CA and NY.
now I’m wondering if I should move to one of these 🤣🤣. Jk
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If you live in New York, you should look at the open positions of competitor plans. They usually have better benefits and salaries.
NYC Salary must be be posted by law on all job listings and other states/areas have similar laws. Centene has a pay differential for certain areas/states, for NY the pay is increased for NYC residents according to the borough the employee lives in ie: Manhattan resident automatically gets a 15% increase above the offering and Queens resident would get 10% above offering. Before my layoff I had a couple of internal interviews and one of the HR recruiters shared that information to me and also advised since Centene went remote they usually overlook candidates in areas that the pay has to be increased. This was before the HR document leak and the October layoffs.
Unless you are in HR, salaries for FL, TX are not posted.
Maybe provide an actual job ID or post the ranges here, an curious too
The cost of living is just about the same in FL and CA as I have lived in both states recently - both are ridiculous and its depends on what area you are moving to. Centene does not pay competitive wages in any state no matter what people boast. FL also doesn't have state tax but CA does - not sure about any others. You have to look at each state individually to see if the compensation after COLA and taxes, etc are taken into consideration is worth it to you. I am not sure if they would pay you based on the wages in that state or not depending on the regulations - I have no clue. But taxes I do know are based on the state you physically reside in though.