No subject

who live and work in Sydney in IT, are supposed to get paid about double 
what they would get paid if they were living and working in Perth, WA, 
doing the same work and having the same qualifications and experience, 
due to a number of factors, such as the higher cost of living in Sydney, 
and the greater demand for IT professionals in Sydney. I may be wrong in 
my understanding, but it is from advice from people that I have regarded 
as reliable.

Likewise, I expect that an IT professional working in Bunbury, WA, would 
be unlikely to be being paid as much as a person doing the same work 
and having the same qualifications and experience, living and working in 
Perth, WA, for similar reasons.

Of course, also from what I understand, the location can be of less 
significance, if the employer is a large corporation or federal 
government department, where the pay rates would be independent of 
location unless working in a "remote" location (where "remote" does not 
include Perth, even though other parts of the country may regard Perth 
as being remote...).

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
  you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
   Chapter 28 of
   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
   written by Douglas Adams,
   published by Pan Books, 1992

....................................................