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- The pandemic created lenient work policies and tech employees fled the Bay Area for smaller locales.
- Pay in cities like Austin, Portland, and Denver increased during this time. It's since dropped.
- San Francisco tech pay is now up the most. The city's population grew, too, new data shows.
Even as pay in tech took a hit the last two years from layoffs and industry-wide belt-tightening, compensation for workers based in San Francisco rose this year more than in any other city.