Side by side

Chicago vs Miami

Chicago pays more: a median of $87,000 against $80,000. There is 1.9× more demand for Chicago. Listings for Chicago move faster — median age 41 days against 90.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureChicagoMiamiGap
Open postings49,12826,542+22,586
Posted this week1,2881,390
Median salary$87,000$80,000+$7k
25th percentile$68.5k$63k
75th percentile$108k$99k
Salary disclosed8.7%9.0%
Remote share9.1%10.0%-0.9pp
Median age of posting41d90d
Open over 60 days46.2%50.9%
Visa sponsorship10.4%12.5%
Pay

Pay distribution

Chicago

$39k$151k

Miami

$36k$138k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Chicago

just posted41d median90d+

Miami

just posted90d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Chicago — technologies

Go
72.0%
Azure
65.8%
GCP
59.6%
HubSpot
53.4%
Terraform
47.2%
Kotlin
41.0%
Java
34.8%

Miami — technologies

Go
72.0%
Spark
65.8%
Azure
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
Swift
47.2%
dbt
41.0%
GCP
34.8%

Chicago — employers

Pinewood Education
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Northwind Systems
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Halcyon Energy
6.5%
Beacon Robotics
5.8%
Ironbark Manufacturing
5.1%

Miami — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Halcyon Energy
8.0%
Beacon Robotics
7.2%
Solstice Biotech
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Aperture Labs
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%.