I have seen the highest pay out of the NE US, I think they have to pay more because what they are doing is less sexy than the valley. Yet the have to compete fo

I have seen the highest pay out of the NE US, I think they have to pay more because what they are doing is less sexy than the valley. Yet the have to compete for top talent. In my experience I have seen the best offers from that region on a purely compensation basis. As for the middle east I don't have any insight but if I where to take a wild stab at it, I would say that Indian developers probably have a higher presence in that market and therefore reduce the average wage. American developers really offer the middle east little advantage, because they have the same cultural and language issues that an Indian developer has in working on US based projects. To me it seems like that would be an influencing factor on that market, but as I said, I do not have insight into the market.