Don't limit yourself to the Jacksonville area.  If you are working in IT, you can look at positions on the space coast and Orlando.  With the new rocket program starting up, job growth is set to follow.  It isn't too bad of a drive for game day up from Central Florida.  If you could find a job at your current wages, it would be a raise to your take home.  No income tax in Florida goes a long way.  Little know thing about Florida is that they don't apply state sales tax to food purchases.

 

When I lived in Missouri sales tax was applied to everything.

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