PHP devs in the US generally get paid a lot less. 45-75k on the junior end and 80-105k on the senior end. I took a job in PHP/Wordpress/Salesforce because I liked the company and the people and I'm paid like half of what you said. In New York.

I can manage but yeah, I'm asking for more money soon. 125k as a baseline, especially in PHP, seems absurd to me. Sure, I could switch to any of the stacks that I'm more familiar with and make way more, but with a lot more hours and stress added.

I get my work done in ~30-33 hours, am not on call, have a lot of influence over our products and like absolutely everyone at the job. From my perspective, more pay seems like golden handcuffs. Here I am free to live my life.