Side by side

Charlotte vs San Francisco

San Francisco pays more: a median of $123,000 against $78,500. There is 2.5× more demand for Charlotte.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCharlotteSan FranciscoGap
Open postings67,63127,349+40,282
Posted this week5,333818
Median salary$78,500$123,000$-44.5k
25th percentile$62k$97k
75th percentile$97.5k$153k
Salary disclosed5.6%7.8%
Remote share7.5%11.1%-3.6pp
Median age of posting70d74d
Open over 60 days49.9%49.3%
Visa sponsorship23.1%5.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Charlotte

$35k$136k

San Francisco

$55k$213k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+

San Francisco

just posted74d 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 Francisco — technologies

React
72.0%
Swift
65.8%
Airflow
59.6%
Java
53.4%
Kubernetes
47.2%
dbt
41.0%
Kotlin
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 Francisco — employers

Rivergate Media
9.4%
Cobalt Financial
8.7%
Solstice Biotech
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Lakeshore Hospitality
6.5%
Beacon Robotics
5.8%
Northwind Systems
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%.