Side by side

Atlanta vs New York City

New York City pays more: a median of $112,000 against $81,500. Demand is comparable on both sides. New York City is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 10.3%. Listings for New York City move faster — median age 37 days against 64.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAtlantaNew York CityGap
Open postings22,15720,888+1,269
Posted this week836529
Median salary$81,500$112,000$-30.5k
25th percentile$64.5k$88.5k
75th percentile$101k$139k
Salary disclosed8.5%3.8%
Remote share3.2%13.5%-10.3pp
Median age of posting64d37d
Open over 60 days44.1%37.1%
Visa sponsorship19.2%11.6%
Pay

Pay distribution

Atlanta

$37k$141k

New York City

$50k$194k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Atlanta

just posted64d median90d+

New York City

just posted37d 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%

New York City — technologies

Snowflake
72.0%
Java
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
Spark
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%

New York City — employers

Meridian Software
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Aperture Labs
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Kestrel Health
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%.