Side by side

Charlotte vs Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. pays more: a median of $104,000 against $78,500. There is 1.8× more demand for Charlotte. Listings for Charlotte move faster — median age 70 days against 84.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureCharlotteWashington, D.C.Gap
Open postings67,63138,550+29,081
Posted this week5,3331,027
Median salary$78,500$104,000$-25.5k
25th percentile$62k$82k
75th percentile$97.5k$129k
Salary disclosed5.6%3.9%
Remote share7.5%6.8%+0.7pp
Median age of posting70d84d
Open over 60 days49.9%32.7%
Visa sponsorship23.1%13.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Charlotte

$35k$136k

Washington, D.C.

$47k$180k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Charlotte

just posted70d median90d+

Washington, D.C.

just posted84d 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%

Washington, D.C. — technologies

Python
72.0%
Azure
65.8%
Spark
59.6%
Airflow
53.4%
Kotlin
47.2%
dbt
41.0%
PostgreSQL
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%

Washington, D.C. — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Solstice Biotech
8.0%
Fairmount Legal
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Tidewater Insurance
5.8%
Kestrel Health
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%.