Side by side

Detroit vs New York City

New York City pays more: a median of $112,000 against $76,000. There is 3.0× more demand for Detroit. New York City is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 7.3%.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureDetroitNew York CityGap
Open postings61,99620,888+41,108
Posted this week3,066529
Median salary$76,000$112,000$-36k
25th percentile$60k$88.5k
75th percentile$94k$139k
Salary disclosed5.9%3.8%
Remote share6.2%13.5%-7.3pp
Median age of posting37d37d
Open over 60 days40.2%37.1%
Visa sponsorship5.9%11.6%
Pay

Pay distribution

Detroit

$34k$131k

New York City

$50k$194k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Detroit

just posted37d median90d+

New York City

just posted37d 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%

New York City — technologies

Snowflake
72.0%
Java
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
Spark
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%

New York City — employers

Meridian Software
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Aperture Labs
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
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%.