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That's a very high salary in a lot of places, perhaps the developers don't feel the need to get 100k+/year...? .-.

That’s.. one way to look at it. Should read “perhaps the company doesn’t feel the need to give developers 100k+/year”.

Well, "the company" in that case is the "main programmer" being paid.

And then one has to consider value of social security provided when comparing with other countries. Health insurance, retirement funds, ...

Lichess is a non-profit with hundreds of volunteers, several part-time paid contributors/moderators and 2 full-time devs, not a company.