### Comment:
That's not a terrrible deal but considering the, what I imagine to be expensive area you live in, that the salary is slightly under your expectations? If you don't mind me asking what type of engineering do you do? As in project engineer, manufacturing, quality, etc.

### REPLY:
According to a cost of living calculator my area is a little over half the COL of san francisco, for reference. So it's not bad. 
  
 I work in manufacturing, I was a process engineer with an equipment engineering slant. I'm now one of 2 staff engineers in a department of about 500 engineers/technicians. 
  
 If you include stock and bonuses I'm at around 140k annual. It's a great field.

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