Your comment displays a fundamental misunderstanding of wages. Wages in the amount of X support a lifestyle of Y quality. This is why a job that pays $150k in S

Your comment displays a fundamental misunderstanding of wages. Wages in the amount of X support a lifestyle of Y quality. This is why a job that pays $150k in SV will pay something like $80k in, say, rural Idaho (if you can find the equivalent job). Typically Y stays constant for a job of a certain type, level, and country; X varies based on location/cost of living. Obviously this is greatly simplified. [Edit: in case it wasn't clear, my point is that 'imaginary lines' don't have anything to do with compensation levels - cost of living does.] I don't really know enough about EFI's situation to comment... if you have an entire branch of your company in India, and you bring some portion of your workers to the US for a week or two for some onsite work, do you pay them US wages or Indian wages? I truly don't know the answer to this. Likewise, if your company sends you to India for a week, do they pay you in Rupees?