Side by side

Austin vs Minneapolis

Austin pays more: a median of $89,500 against $84,000. Demand is comparable on both sides.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAustinMinneapolisGap
Open postings49,65355,910-6,257
Posted this week3,1053,869
Median salary$89,500$84,000+$5.5k
25th percentile$70.5k$66.5k
75th percentile$111k$104k
Salary disclosed8.0%8.6%
Remote share6.0%5.2%+0.8pp
Median age of posting71d74d
Open over 60 days33.2%45.7%
Visa sponsorship16.9%18.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Austin

$40k$155k

Minneapolis

$38k$145k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Austin

just posted71d median90d+

Minneapolis

just posted74d 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%

Minneapolis — technologies

dbt
72.0%
Swift
65.8%
Terraform
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
TypeScript
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%

Minneapolis — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Aperture Labs
8.7%
Umbra Security
8.0%
Vantage Logistics
7.2%
Cobalt Financial
6.5%
Brightline Retail
5.8%
Quarry Analytics
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%.