Side by side

Los Angeles vs Raleigh

Los Angeles pays more: a median of $96,000 against $83,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Raleigh move faster — median age 53 days against 80.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureLos AngelesRaleighGap
Open postings51,92469,130-17,206
Posted this week4,4433,235
Median salary$96,000$83,000+$13k
25th percentile$76k$65.5k
75th percentile$119k$103k
Salary disclosed6.3%6.2%
Remote share12.3%13.3%-1.0pp
Median age of posting80d53d
Open over 60 days39.2%49.1%
Visa sponsorship21.7%18.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Los Angeles

$43k$166k

Raleigh

$37k$144k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Los Angeles

just posted80d median90d+

Raleigh

just posted53d 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%

Raleigh — technologies

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

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%.