Side by side

Atlanta vs Phoenix

Atlanta pays more: a median of $81,500 against $77,000. There is 3.3× more demand for Phoenix. Phoenix is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.8%. Listings for Atlanta move faster — median age 64 days against 80.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAtlantaPhoenixGap
Open postings22,15772,454-50,297
Posted this week8363,517
Median salary$81,500$77,000+$4.5k
25th percentile$64.5k$61k
75th percentile$101k$95.5k
Salary disclosed8.5%5.4%
Remote share3.2%10.0%-6.8pp
Median age of posting64d80d
Open over 60 days44.1%33.1%
Visa sponsorship19.2%7.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

Atlanta

$37k$141k

Phoenix

$35k$133k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Atlanta

just posted64d median90d+

Phoenix

just posted80d 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%

Phoenix — technologies

Swift
72.0%
Kotlin
65.8%
React
59.6%
Figma
53.4%
Terraform
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
Azure
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%

Phoenix — employers

Rivergate Media
9.4%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.7%
Meridian Software
8.0%
Pinewood Education
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Aperture Labs
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%.