[mrunkel]

Cost of Living is much higher in Switzerland.

[nostrademons]

Cost of living is usually higher in areas with higher wages, because it means that residents have more money to spend on living.

[aix1]

Right, and Google explicitly doesn't model for cost of living in its comp philosophy.

[waych]

They use per market pricing instead, which roughly works out to the same thing in the long term, while not being subject to short term fluctuations.