Side by side

Charlotte vs Seattle

Seattle pays more: a median of $101,500 against $78,500. There is 3.3× more demand for Charlotte. Listings for Seattle move faster — median age 49 days against 70.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCharlotteSeattleGap
Open postings67,63120,711+46,920
Posted this week5,333530
Median salary$78,500$101,500$-23k
25th percentile$62k$80k
75th percentile$97.5k$126k
Salary disclosed5.6%5.4%
Remote share7.5%10.3%-2.8pp
Median age of posting70d49d
Open over 60 days49.9%37.4%
Visa sponsorship23.1%24.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Charlotte

$35k$136k

Seattle

$46k$176k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+

Seattle

just posted49d 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%

Seattle — technologies

JavaScript
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
Azure
59.6%
Snowflake
53.4%
React
47.2%
Salesforce
41.0%
Python
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%

Seattle — employers

Cobalt Financial
9.4%
Halcyon Energy
8.7%
Vantage Logistics
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Meridian Software
5.1%

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A weekly note when openings, pay or freshness move for Charlotte vs Seattle.

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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%.