I've seen both: the same rate everywhere, and a location-based delta. The latter was driven by a strong belief in many Bay Area startups and companies that rem

I've seen both: the same rate everywhere, and a location-based delta. The latter was driven by a strong belief in many Bay Area startups and companies that remote work doesn't work well, and that you get more output per head and more productivity if you sit next to your developers. That's what the premium is for in that case, usually with a tech stack that is relatively easy to find people for (e.g. RoR, PHP, Python). The former was driven by rare knowledge with few customers, all of whom have good reasons to be relatively price insensitive to get the job done. Pick your strategy accordingly...