Fed up...need advice!

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by jamf

The cost of living in Denver is alot higher than Carlsbad, NM.

When you have to fill out the field that says desired income, Take into account the higher cost of living.

Salary.com has some interesting data. Play around with it. Forbes also has a cost of living chart.

Here is one I did for you. I used El Paso as the current location. The only small town in NM was Santa Fe and that's expensive as hell...
Salary.com's Cost of Living Wizard Tool

Cost of living is 28% higher in denver.
Or you should consider San Diego! COL is only 75% higher than ElPaso.
Salary.com's Cost of Living Wizard Tool

Thank you.
I've already been to those sites to check out the cost of living, and while the cost of living in Carlsbad is about as low as you can get in the USA, the pay is just as low.