Side by side

Austin vs New York City

New York City pays more: a median of $112,000 against $89,500. There is 2.4× more demand for Austin. New York City is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 7.5%. Listings for New York City move faster — median age 37 days against 71.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAustinNew York CityGap
Open postings49,65320,888+28,765
Posted this week3,105529
Median salary$89,500$112,000$-22.5k
25th percentile$70.5k$88.5k
75th percentile$111k$139k
Salary disclosed8.0%3.8%
Remote share6.0%13.5%-7.5pp
Median age of posting71d37d
Open over 60 days33.2%37.1%
Visa sponsorship16.9%11.6%
Pay

Pay distribution

Austin

$40k$155k

New York City

$50k$194k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Austin

just posted71d median90d+

New York City

just posted37d 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%

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%

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%

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%.