[jedberg]

You're not being paid based on your value to the company. You're being paid based on the minimum they can pay you to get you to work there.

If you move to Tulsa, you're minimum goes down because they know there are fewer opportunities for you to work in Tulsa.

As remote work becomes more prominent, then your salary would probably go back up as there will be more jobs for you in Tulsa. But it probably won't go back up to SF levels because everyone else has that opportunity too.