You just gave yourself the counter-argument:<p>&gt; The market will balance this out.<p>The employer can also and usually choose between different candidates and maybe there are some or many equally skilled professionals in country x offering their work for much less (because they can because of lower living costs). So, it&#x27;s reasonable to ask for a lower price in such a context. It&#x27;s not about disdain.<p>EDIT: why the downvote?