[quote=joec][quote=Panderso]Another aspect to consider in the California vs Texas debate is state benefits, especially if you are looking to have kids. In California, a woman gets 3 to 4 months of paid disability/family leave and I believe the husband can take up to 6 weeks as well. Texas has no such program so you’ll be relying on your wife’s work’s disability insurance, which generally pays for 6 weeks max for her alone.[/quote]

I think CA is the only state that also has maternity/paternity care since I used it and took the max time off and got paid a little for it too.

No wonder I got laid off though :([/quote]

Yeah, it’s pretty tough as a dad to take the max time off. I’m doing two weeks with my little one while my wife transitions back to work to make it easier on her before we put him in daycare. But considering people take 10 day summer vacations here all the time, I basically just get to horde my PTO and get paid 70% for 2 weeks off instead of taking an actual vacation.