Side by side

Atlanta vs San Diego

San Diego pays more: a median of $92,500 against $81,500. There is 1.8× more demand for San Diego. San Diego is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 8.8%.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAtlantaSan DiegoGap
Open postings22,15739,556-17,399
Posted this week8361,459
Median salary$81,500$92,500$-11k
25th percentile$64.5k$73k
75th percentile$101k$115k
Salary disclosed8.5%5.0%
Remote share3.2%12.0%-8.8pp
Median age of posting64d63d
Open over 60 days44.1%45.1%
Visa sponsorship19.2%11.4%
Pay

Pay distribution

Atlanta

$37k$141k

San Diego

$42k$160k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Atlanta

just posted64d median90d+

San Diego

just posted63d 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%

San Diego — technologies

Tableau
72.0%
Python
65.8%
dbt
59.6%
Swift
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
React
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%

San Diego — employers

Rivergate Media
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Cobalt Financial
8.0%
Ironbark Manufacturing
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Umbra Security
5.8%
Lakeshore Hospitality
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%.