Side by side

Denver vs Raleigh

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 3.0% apart. There is 3.0× more demand for Raleigh. Listings for Raleigh move faster — median age 53 days against 82.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDenverRaleighGap
Open postings22,94269,130-46,188
Posted this week1,1193,235
Median salary$85,500$83,000+$2.5k
25th percentile$67.5k$65.5k
75th percentile$106k$103k
Salary disclosed9.0%6.2%
Remote share12.6%13.3%-0.7pp
Median age of posting82d53d
Open over 60 days48.3%49.1%
Visa sponsorship17.1%18.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Denver

$38k$148k

Raleigh

$37k$144k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Denver

just posted82d median90d+

Raleigh

just posted53d 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%

Raleigh — technologies

Python
72.0%
Go
65.8%
Snowflake
59.6%
Terraform
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
Azure
41.0%
PostgreSQL
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%

Raleigh — employers

Vantage Logistics
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Brightline Retail
8.0%
Solstice Biotech
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
5.8%
Kestrel Health
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%.