Side by side

Charlotte vs Denver

Denver pays more: a median of $85,500 against $78,500. There is 2.9× more demand for Charlotte. Denver is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 5.1%. Listings for Charlotte move faster — median age 70 days against 82.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCharlotteDenverGap
Open postings67,63122,942+44,689
Posted this week5,3331,119
Median salary$78,500$85,500$-7k
25th percentile$62k$67.5k
75th percentile$97.5k$106k
Salary disclosed5.6%9.0%
Remote share7.5%12.6%-5.1pp
Median age of posting70d82d
Open over 60 days49.9%48.3%
Visa sponsorship23.1%17.1%
Pay

Pay distribution

Charlotte

$35k$136k

Denver

$38k$148k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+

Denver

just posted82d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Charlotte — technologies

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

Denver — technologies

Terraform
72.0%
React
65.8%
Tableau
59.6%
dbt
53.4%
Swift
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
Airflow
34.8%

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%

Denver — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Aperture Labs
8.7%
Rivergate Media
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Brightline Retail
6.5%
Cobalt Financial
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%.