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Re:Let People Move to Jobs by jefftk on Sunday January 19, 2020 @07:19AM (#22091006)
This isn't right: Google and similar companies pay based on the local market and not cost of living.

London is a great example: high cost of living, low market rates for top talent, low pay from the FAANGs.

Pittsburgh is an example in the other direction: low cost of living, relatively high market rates, relatively high pay from the FAANGs. Still lower than the Bay though.

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Re:Let People Move to Jobs by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 on Sunday January 19, 2020 @12:39PM (#22092653)
> This isn't right: Google and similar companies pay based on the local market and not cost of living.

These factors are intertwined.

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Re:Let People Move to Jobs by jefftk on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:10PM (#22092850)
They're related, but we can pull them apart by looking at examples like the ones I gave where cost of living is high but the market rate is not, and the reverse.
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