Side by side

Dallas vs San Jose

San Jose pays more: a median of $118,000 against $88,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for San Jose move faster — median age 65 days against 73.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDallasSan JoseGap
Open postings67,75450,512+17,242
Posted this week4,1232,565
Median salary$88,000$118,000$-30k
25th percentile$69.5k$93k
75th percentile$109k$147k
Salary disclosed4.1%5.9%
Remote share12.5%9.3%+3.2pp
Median age of posting73d65d
Open over 60 days51.8%33.3%
Visa sponsorship11.9%14.3%
Pay

Pay distribution

Dallas

$40k$152k

San Jose

$53k$204k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Dallas

just posted73d median90d+

San Jose

just posted65d 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%

San Jose — technologies

Tableau
72.0%
GCP
65.8%
Node.js
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
dbt
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%

San Jose — employers

Kestrel Health
9.4%
Vantage Logistics
8.7%
Pinewood Education
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Solstice Biotech
5.8%
Umbra Security
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%.