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> the average software developer in Wellington NZ makes NZ$64k. We pay more than that, but when you become a remote company, people start looking for the $134k USD

These are two different scales, so for help I will normalize them:

$64,000 NZD = $43,641.60 USD

$134,000 USD = $134,000 USD

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I am very skeptical of that reported average.

The average salary in Wellington, is NZ$59,649.

Maybe get a new graduate for $50k.

"Skilled IT candidates are in high demand across the country and employers are offering more to secure talent with a 3.1 per cent increase in average pay to $110,657"

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/109953426/trade-me-data-sho...

Why is payscale so horribly wrong? Are employers spamming it to use as an argument for lower pay?

There's a lot of grads and intermediate developers dragging the average down. Also, Wellington has a lot of services companies that pay as close to the bottom of the range as they can get.

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