Maybe you shouldn’t band by Tiers, and instead address compensation packages based on the negatives (cost of living, hassle factors) and positives (climate, edu

Maybe you shouldn’t band by Tiers, and instead address compensation packages based on the negatives (cost of living, hassle factors) and positives (climate, educational opportunities, cultural opportunities, ability to buy a house and start your family) quantified for each geographic unit. We can do that sort of arithmetic nowadays. Once you get past money salary as a universal metric, personal valuations do play a role, but that is the reality actually experienced by employees that simple Tiering just ignores. Tiering is a meat axe. Do you want to see your surgeon come at you/your life with a meat axe, or a scalpel? Surprised low CoL US Senators haven’t pushed for making residing in low CoL city/State an impacted group, making pay discrimination illegal if simply based on where you reside.