Side by side

Charlotte vs Phoenix

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.9% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Charlotte move faster — median age 70 days against 80.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCharlottePhoenixGap
Open postings67,63172,454-4,823
Posted this week5,3333,517
Median salary$78,500$77,000+$1.5k
25th percentile$62k$61k
75th percentile$97.5k$95.5k
Salary disclosed5.6%5.4%
Remote share7.5%10.0%-2.5pp
Median age of posting70d80d
Open over 60 days49.9%33.1%
Visa sponsorship23.1%7.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

Charlotte

$35k$136k

Phoenix

$35k$133k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+

Phoenix

just posted80d 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%

Phoenix — technologies

Swift
72.0%
Kotlin
65.8%
React
59.6%
Figma
53.4%
Terraform
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
Azure
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%

Phoenix — employers

Rivergate Media
9.4%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.7%
Meridian Software
8.0%
Pinewood Education
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Cobalt Financial
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%.