Hi STGO,
Have you checked the "PLEASE READ...." post since that has links to property rental sites, job websites and tax calculators?
There is also the "Cost of Living" post that has costs for most of those areas you mentioned.
If you know how much you will be getting paid, you can roughly work out how much you'll have left after tax, rentals and costs and then it's up to you if you can live on that
It's really hard to judge since people have different expectations of how they want to live out here, where they want to live etc.
Regards,
Karen