Side by side

Dallas vs Detroit

Dallas pays more: a median of $88,000 against $76,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Dallas is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.3%. Listings for Detroit move faster — median age 37 days against 73.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDallasDetroitGap
Open postings67,75461,996+5,758
Posted this week4,1233,066
Median salary$88,000$76,000+$12k
25th percentile$69.5k$60k
75th percentile$109k$94k
Salary disclosed4.1%5.9%
Remote share12.5%6.2%+6.3pp
Median age of posting73d37d
Open over 60 days51.8%40.2%
Visa sponsorship11.9%5.9%
Pay

Pay distribution

Dallas

$40k$152k

Detroit

$34k$131k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Dallas

just posted73d median90d+

Detroit

just posted37d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Dallas — technologies

Node.js
72.0%
React
65.8%
TypeScript
59.6%
Kotlin
53.4%
Airflow
47.2%
Snowflake
41.0%
PostgreSQL
34.8%

Detroit — technologies

dbt
72.0%
React
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
GCP
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

Dallas — employers

Vantage Logistics
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Umbra Security
7.2%
Solstice Biotech
6.5%
Beacon Robotics
5.8%
Ironbark Manufacturing
5.1%

Detroit — employers

Umbra Security
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Meridian Software
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Pinewood Education
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%.