Side by side

Austin vs Charlotte

Austin pays more: a median of $89,500 against $78,500. Demand is comparable on both sides.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAustinCharlotteGap
Open postings49,65367,631-17,978
Posted this week3,1055,333
Median salary$89,500$78,500+$11k
25th percentile$70.5k$62k
75th percentile$111k$97.5k
Salary disclosed8.0%5.6%
Remote share6.0%7.5%-1.5pp
Median age of posting71d70d
Open over 60 days33.2%49.9%
Visa sponsorship16.9%23.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Austin

$40k$155k

Charlotte

$35k$136k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Austin

just posted71d median90d+

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Austin — technologies

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

Charlotte — technologies

Go
72.0%
Kubernetes
65.8%
Airflow
59.6%
Azure
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
HubSpot
34.8%

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%

Charlotte — employers

Fairmount Legal
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Northwind Systems
8.0%
Beacon Robotics
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Meridian Software
5.8%
Vantage Logistics
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%.