It's nothing new, but it doesn't make the sense it once did. Those adjusted costs were based on the local job market. They needed to be competitive with the ot

It's nothing new, but it doesn't make the sense it once did. Those adjusted costs were based on the local job market. They needed to be competitive with the other options you might have had. Once you are working remote, you are not likely comparing "I can go down the street and work THERE for x" any more. You are instead "I can go online and work THERE instead for Y". Your physical location is not a variable in that comparison except for companies that hire based on some data security or legal requirement that work be done within the borders of some certain country.