Some of you may recall previous post I made regarding one of these offers. I was dead set on it until I received another. Now I am stuck deciding what is best for me. I’m curious what you all think because nobody else thinks as clearly and logically as we do.

I am 24 years old. I currently have $15k in student loans @ 4-5% and $11.5k in a car loan @ 6%.

I have two job offers on the table. My current workplace is unhealthy so I am forsure going to pick between one of the two.

Job 1: Construction Project Engineer Base Salary: $75,000 Location: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base 100% untaxed if I am only in the US up to 35 days per year Employer 3% 401k match with Roth 401k option Housing paid for Transportation paid for Health insurance nearly 100% paid for Travel home for 1 week every 3 months.

Job 2: Assistant Project Administrator - Bridges Base Salary: $78,000 Location: where I am located now in the US Taxed normally but no state taxes Employer 6% 401k match ESOP Transportation paid for

Both jobs are very similar in nature, but I think Job 1 would be slightly better experience although I know it would call for longer hours.

I am very curious what you all think.

My thoughts are that Job 1 would give me a huge financial jumpstart. I could be debt free in 5 months instead of 12 and everything after that would be saved/invested. Granite I would have to live on GMTO Naval base, but my gut is telling me it would be worth it.