I know more than a couple of good front-end developers that work remotely from rural locales for big-city companies laying down 135k-140k USD salaries. I also

I know more than a couple of good front-end developers that work remotely from rural locales for big-city companies laying down 135k-140k USD salaries. I also know directors in other companies in said big cities making only 10k more than that, on-site. I'd say you can read a lot from the general trends, but there are plenty of cases in either position or negative direction.