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Ask HN: Why Are There So Many Dev Jobs and High Pay in the US?

2 points by marktangotango ↗ HN
Title says it all really, does anyone have any sources that attempt to explain this phenomenon? Maybe the question is off. Is it true that there are a lot of development jobs? Why does the US have higher pay than other countries for developers? Is this assumption true?

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LarryMade2
I think you are mainly seeing the jobs in high cost areas reason for six figures in say the bay area/silicon valley area is you need that much to afford housing and other local expenses.

In other places the rates are lower. Though to get highly qualified skills companies may be more competitive with the high paying areas just because such talent are tempted by it.

PaulHoule
The US has higher pay than peripheral or semi-peripheral countries like India, Brazil, etc. (Of course your purchasing power is different... Imported things are crazy expensive in Brazil, but it is cheap to go to a pizza restaurant and people will cut the slices for you)

I don't know if the situation is better in the US relative to other core countries such as Canada, UK, Germany, etc...

[dead] shmooth
Higher pay, but lower quality of life.