Side by side

Atlanta vs Austin

Austin pays more: a median of $89,500 against $81,500. There is 2.2× more demand for Austin. Listings for Atlanta move faster — median age 64 days against 71.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAtlantaAustinGap
Open postings22,15749,653-27,496
Posted this week8363,105
Median salary$81,500$89,500$-8k
25th percentile$64.5k$70.5k
75th percentile$101k$111k
Salary disclosed8.5%8.0%
Remote share3.2%6.0%-2.8pp
Median age of posting64d71d
Open over 60 days44.1%33.2%
Visa sponsorship19.2%16.9%
Pay

Pay distribution

Atlanta

$37k$141k

Austin

$40k$155k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Atlanta

just posted64d median90d+

Austin

just posted71d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Atlanta — technologies

Spark
72.0%
dbt
65.8%
Airflow
59.6%
HubSpot
53.4%
Go
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
Kubernetes
34.8%

Austin — technologies

GCP
72.0%
JavaScript
65.8%
Node.js
59.6%
Tableau
53.4%
Airflow
47.2%
Salesforce
41.0%
Figma
34.8%

Atlanta — employers

Fairmount Legal
9.4%
Quarry Analytics
8.7%
Northwind Systems
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Umbra Security
6.5%
Ironbark Manufacturing
5.8%
Meridian Software
5.1%

Austin — employers

Pinewood Education
9.4%
Tidewater Insurance
8.7%
Ironbark Manufacturing
8.0%
Solstice Biotech
7.2%
Beacon Robotics
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Cobalt Financial
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.