US tech pay is led by the FAANG companies, all of which are US-based and capture a massive share of all profit from Internet business. Everyone else is forced t

US tech pay is led by the FAANG companies, all of which are US-based and capture a massive share of all profit from Internet business. Everyone else is forced to catch up and try to compete with those pay levels. You may be doing the same work in Copenhagen or Calgary, but most likely for a company that generates way less money from that work.