Side by side

Detroit vs Nashville

Pay is effectively the same — the medians sit within 1.3% apart. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Detroit move faster — median age 37 days against 43.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDetroitNashvilleGap
Open postings61,99669,652-7,656
Posted this week3,0662,652
Median salary$76,000$75,000+$1k
25th percentile$60k$59.5k
75th percentile$94k$93k
Salary disclosed5.9%7.3%
Remote share6.2%6.5%-0.3pp
Median age of posting37d43d
Open over 60 days40.2%43.0%
Visa sponsorship5.9%23.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Detroit

$34k$131k

Nashville

$34k$130k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Detroit

just posted37d median90d+

Nashville

just posted43d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Detroit — technologies

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

Nashville — technologies

Salesforce
72.0%
Node.js
65.8%
TypeScript
59.6%
Tableau
53.4%
SQL
47.2%
Azure
41.0%
Snowflake
34.8%

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%

Nashville — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing
9.4%
Meridian Software
8.7%
Fairmount Legal
8.0%
Aperture Labs
7.2%
Tidewater Insurance
6.5%
Brightline Retail
5.8%
Northwind Systems
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%.