Side by side

Denver vs Minneapolis

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.8% apart. There is 2.4× more demand for Minneapolis. Denver is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 7.4%. Listings for Minneapolis move faster — median age 74 days against 82.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDenverMinneapolisGap
Open postings22,94255,910-32,968
Posted this week1,1193,869
Median salary$85,500$84,000+$1.5k
25th percentile$67.5k$66.5k
75th percentile$106k$104k
Salary disclosed9.0%8.6%
Remote share12.6%5.2%+7.4pp
Median age of posting82d74d
Open over 60 days48.3%45.7%
Visa sponsorship17.1%18.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Denver

$38k$148k

Minneapolis

$38k$145k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Denver

just posted82d median90d+

Minneapolis

just posted74d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Denver — technologies

Terraform
72.0%
React
65.8%
Tableau
59.6%
dbt
53.4%
Swift
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
Airflow
34.8%

Minneapolis — technologies

dbt
72.0%
Swift
65.8%
Terraform
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
TypeScript
34.8%

Denver — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Aperture Labs
8.7%
Rivergate Media
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Brightline Retail
6.5%
Cobalt Financial
5.8%
Vantage Logistics
5.1%

Minneapolis — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Aperture Labs
8.7%
Umbra Security
8.0%
Vantage Logistics
7.2%
Cobalt Financial
6.5%
Brightline Retail
5.8%
Quarry Analytics
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%.