It can get worse than that in a region too. Even if they adjust those tables for inflation, they’re likely not adjusting them for regional cost of living change

It can get worse than that in a region too. Even if they adjust those tables for inflation, they’re likely not adjusting them for regional cost of living changes which are harder to determine. Cost of living in seattle has gone up considerably more than the national average, but since there’s no official number like there is for the CPI, lazy orgs are just going to use that number.