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I think there are plenty of smart, experienced developers rooted in smaller cities, making CRUD apps for companies you never heard of, making barely over 100K. The local market rate is stagnant. These Devs can only make much more if they can find a remote position from a high COL based company willing to take a chance on them.

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Thats what I did. I literally tripled my salary and landed a better work environment. Time difference is great too, now half of my schedule almost always has no meetings!

This is what I did as well. I’m located in Bakersfield in the California central valley, and the local market is abysmal compared to what you would find from a one-hour drive south to Santa Clarita, or up to SFV.

Remote may bring down wages for workers located in HCOL, but it’s been great for me as I don’t have the ability to relocate.

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