Side by side

Charlotte vs San Diego

San Diego pays more: a median of $92,500 against $78,500. There is 1.7× more demand for Charlotte. Listings for San Diego move faster — median age 63 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCharlotteSan DiegoGap
Open postings67,63139,556+28,075
Posted this week5,3331,459
Median salary$78,500$92,500$-14k
25th percentile$62k$73k
75th percentile$97.5k$115k
Salary disclosed5.6%5.0%
Remote share7.5%12.0%-4.5pp
Median age of posting70d63d
Open over 60 days49.9%45.1%
Visa sponsorship23.1%11.4%
Pay

Pay distribution

Charlotte

$35k$136k

San Diego

$42k$160k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+

San Diego

just posted63d 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%

San Diego — technologies

Tableau
72.0%
Python
65.8%
dbt
59.6%
Swift
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
React
41.0%
Figma
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%

San Diego — employers

Rivergate Media
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Cobalt Financial
8.0%
Ironbark Manufacturing
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Umbra Security
5.8%
Lakeshore Hospitality
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%.