About a grand a month for people I know. Interestingly, not required in NY nor CA if one wants to live dangerously 🙂
What does a specialist whose skills are needed by multiple firms, but are a small enough niche not to fill 40hr/wk in one firm do in CA? Or is that a trick question – “starve or move to the East Coast…”
I really want to like CA. It’s beautiful, has lots of outdoor stuff to do, some amazing people. The more I read this forum and talk to people out there, I more I feel that the small/freelance business climate is much more hostile (by custom, not necessarily by overt law) than in NYC.