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Is the salary of remote employees working for Bay Area companies the same as for local employees, or do they differ based on cost of living?

• kylestlb 10y ago
  I have worked at two separate companies where they differ, typically 10-13% delta from what I remember...
  • lsaferite 10y ago
    Which makes the remote position much higher paid basically.
    • kylestlb 10y ago
      Yeah, cost of living in the bay area is likely much more than 10-13% of other places.
      • lsaferite 10y ago
        I live in FL currently. Just the income tax jump alone is about 9%.
• hibikir 10y ago
  In my current SF employer, a very large percentage of senior engineers with kids just remote from other places. The trick here is that companies that aren't paying top dollar in SF have a lot of trouble getting senior engineers, as the Netflixes and Facebooks of the world pay more and offer RSUs. However, the same salaries that are seen as a bit lacking in SF are good enough to attract top remote talent. Therefore, the difference is not necessarily about lower salaries by cost of living, but lower salaries by company.