Job saturation, opportunities for new grads in Anaheim/LA area or Berkeley/San Fran?

[lizaPA]

I'm not graduating till 2025 but my husband and I will be relocating based on where he gets into grad school. Our main deciding factor is where I can most likely land a good supportive job as a new grad! I'm in the midwest and it seems to be extremely saturated here so it's a concern of mine. We will have to decide where we are moving before I graduate/apply to jobs so I'm trying to choose wisely. Any advice is extremeley appreciated!

[Boatswain2PA]

Where in the midwest are you?  While the tidal wave of NP programs are pushing wages down, I am still seeing lots of job opportunities the middle of the midwest.

Probably unnecessary caution on LALB/SF area but....you know the cost of living there is twice what is in the midwest, right?

[EMEDPA]

48 minutes ago, Boatswain2PA said:

Where in the midwest are you?  While the tidal wave of NP programs are pushing wages down, I am still seeing lots of job opportunities the middle of the midwest.

Probably unnecessary caution on LALB/SF area but....you know the cost of living there is twice what is in the midwest, right?

2-3x. When I moved out of LA, I was able to afford a mortgage on a 3 bedroom house in a really nice part of town for $150/mo less than the rent on my 1 bedroom apt in the combat zone in LA.  I could have gotten the same apt for 1/3 the price in a much nicer neighborhood. 

[Boatswain2PA]

This is reasonably comparable to my home in the midwest.  My view isn't quit that beautiful, and I don't have an inground pool (yet), but I have four ponds, and I have more than twice as much land to go with it.  It's $8.5M in LALB area, about 6 times what mine is worth.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/415-Stunt-Rd_Calabasas_CA_91302_M12379-30451?from=srp-map

I don't need a helipad, but I have plenty of places for a helicopter to land if needed.
 

Edited March 7 by Boatswain2PA

[EMEDPA]

We have a standard city sized lot in a major city in the pacific NW. House purchased 24 years ago for under 200k, now worth close to a million. Looking at coastal properties to build a tiny house on as a retirement property and a place to stay when I work shifts on the coast. Will likely give our current home to our kid when they are done with grad school. Gen Z can't really afford a house these days, let alone a condo or apt. 

The house that I grew up in down in LA that cost my folks 75K in 1977 now costs 3 million dollars or rents for $8500/mo. 

[Boatswain2PA]

30 minutes ago, EMEDPA said:

Gen Z can't really afford a house these days, let alone a condo or apt. 

Gen Z can't afford a house THERE these days.  Two of my kids already own nice homes here.

[EMEDPA]

2 hours ago, Boatswain2PA said:

Gen Z can't afford a house THERE these days.  Two of my kids already own nice homes here.

Fair enough. My kiddo definitely is a coastal (west or east) kid. No way they would ever move to the midwest or the south.