Side by side

Los Angeles vs Nashville

Los Angeles pays more: a median of $96,000 against $75,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Los Angeles is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 5.8%. Listings for Nashville move faster — median age 43 days against 80.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureLos AngelesNashvilleGap
Open postings51,92469,652-17,728
Posted this week4,4432,652
Median salary$96,000$75,000+$21k
25th percentile$76k$59.5k
75th percentile$119k$93k
Salary disclosed6.3%7.3%
Remote share12.3%6.5%+5.8pp
Median age of posting80d43d
Open over 60 days39.2%43.0%
Visa sponsorship21.7%23.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Los Angeles

$43k$166k

Nashville

$34k$130k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Los Angeles

just posted80d median90d+

Nashville

just posted43d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Los Angeles — technologies

Salesforce
72.0%
Airflow
65.8%
Docker
59.6%
Go
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
Terraform
41.0%
React
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%

Los Angeles — employers

Aperture Labs
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Pinewood Education
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Tidewater Insurance
6.5%
Northwind Systems
5.8%
Solstice Biotech
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%.