Your salary is the cost to replace you with someone else. In person jobs have a smaller market. Everyone is subject to the same COL, so the min salary the empl

Your salary is the cost to replace you with someone else. In person jobs have a smaller market. Everyone is subject to the same COL, so the min salary the employer must pay has a certain floor to it. Remote jobs have a larger market. If you're remote, your employer may as well hire someone from Ohio that is willing to work for half your salary. You have to compete on cost with those cheaper employees.