Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard → Albany-Schenectady-Troy

Moving from Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard to Albany-Schenectady-Troy shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 105.6 to 99.6 (100 = US average), so a Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard salary needs to be multiplied by 0.94 to hold the same purchasing power in Albany-Schenectady-Troy. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $2,031/month in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard to $1,702/month in Albany-Schenectady-Troy - a lower monthly bill of $329, or $3,948/year. That rent delta alone is often the single biggest line item when relocating.

Wages tell the other half. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report a median salary of $80,179 in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard versus $73,812 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy - a raw gap of $6,367 lower. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy labor market has 439,210 tracked jobs against 87,350 in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, shaping how easy it is to find a comparable role. Combine that with the cost-of-living shift above and you get the real purchasing-power delta, sometimes a "higher salary" is actually a pay cut once rent and RPP are applied.

Safety, schools, and childcare round out the move. FBI UCR violent crime rates near Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard and Albany-Schenectady-Troy are 329 and 380 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 17.6:1 at origin versus 11.8:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $15,987/year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard versus $13,869/year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy. Our composite verdict - Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.