3 ms·I'm not following. Companies do pay for this. Via salary...by rayvd 9y agoI'm not following. Companies do pay for this. Via salary...FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago? Hourly workers who live further away dont get paid more.gozur88 9y agoIn effect they do, because nobody would commute if there were a job that paid as much closer to home.wolco 9y agoIt is not true or everyone's pay would go up or down if they moved locations.s73ver_ 9y agoI don't really think you can say that. Labor is not a perfect market.gozur88 9y agoIt's close enough over large groups of people. On average you're going to make more money doing the same thing in SF, for example, than you would in the East Bay.s73ver_ 9y agoI wouldn't be comfortable agreeing to that statement.