It is quite funny to see posts on "Business Facebook" (i.e. LinkedIn) and job postings describe location based salary ranges.
For example (dollar scale is $ to $$$$$, low and high respectively), it is not uncommon to see:
Salary range for San Franscisco, Seattle, New York, Other Big City (i.e. tier one):
- $$$$ to $$$$$
Salary range for teir two locations:
- $$$ to $$$$
Everywhere else:
- $$ to $$$
The rationale I've seen forms around: "The ranges/tiers are formed around analysis on cost of living and scaled accordingly." I get the rationale, but it doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of most products, given the products are not being priced in the same manner.
There is the asymmetry of value.
It would seem silly for some SaaS business to introduce tiers on their already pricing pages (especially confusing if the SaaS is "credit based").
What is more interesting, is IaaS (i.e. AWS, Azure, etc...) price in location (amongst other things). So it isn't impossible to get an idea of region based pricing. Difficult, but not impossible.
This isn't an original problem, nor thought, but I haven't heard the asymmetry argument before.