In addition to the other reasons here, I think when it comes to lawyers and doctors, people typically want "the best". Are you willing to take a risk with your

In addition to the other reasons here, I think when it comes to lawyers and doctors, people typically want "the best". Are you willing to take a risk with your health or getting into legal trouble? So the price of the best people just keeps going up and up. With developers, there is more of a concept of "good enough". As long as you find someone that can build the thing and it works, that's good enough.