Base Salary and Expat Premium Determination

Accepted my offer (would be leaving California) and I am pretty sure everything is based off of your current salary. I was originally offered equal to my base. Not sure how to judge the expat premium but it seemed good to me.

I did counter on the basis that they were not including the COLA that my current company gives me and I did receive a very nice new offer (substantially higher than what I even asked for). They also increased the expat premium to almost the maximum.

So to answer your question it really all seems to start on your current salary. Don't expect 1.5x your base salary although your net should be substantially higher (like 3x).

You will get a higher repat payment then some that would be going back to say Florida (as the ticket costs are generally higher). This was told to me by my relocation adviser.