Side by side

Dallas vs Portland

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit under 1% apart. There is 2.2× more demand for Dallas. Listings for Portland move faster — median age 33 days against 73.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDallasPortlandGap
Open postings67,75430,575+37,179
Posted this week4,1231,662
Median salary$88,000$88,000$0
25th percentile$69.5k$69.5k
75th percentile$109k$109k
Salary disclosed4.1%9.0%
Remote share12.5%9.4%+3.1pp
Median age of posting73d33d
Open over 60 days51.8%46.7%
Visa sponsorship11.9%11.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

Dallas

$40k$152k

Portland

$40k$152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Dallas

just posted73d median90d+

Portland

just posted33d 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%

Portland — technologies

Kubernetes
72.0%
React
65.8%
Snowflake
59.6%
Java
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
Swift
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%

Portland — employers

Fairmount Legal
9.4%
Quarry Analytics
8.7%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.0%
Umbra Security
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Rivergate Media
5.8%
Tidewater Insurance
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%.