Side by side

Miami vs Philadelphia

Philadelphia pays more: a median of $86,500 against $80,000. There is 2.2× more demand for Philadelphia. Listings for Philadelphia move faster — median age 58 days against 90.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureMiamiPhiladelphiaGap
Open postings26,54259,008-32,466
Posted this week1,3905,111
Median salary$80,000$86,500$-6.5k
25th percentile$63k$68.5k
75th percentile$99k$108k
Salary disclosed9.0%2.6%
Remote share10.0%10.9%-0.9pp
Median age of posting90d58d
Open over 60 days50.9%51.7%
Visa sponsorship12.5%13.3%
Pay

Pay distribution

Miami

$36k$138k

Philadelphia

$39k$150k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Miami

just posted90d median90d+

Philadelphia

just posted58d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Miami — technologies

Go
72.0%
Spark
65.8%
Azure
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
Swift
47.2%
dbt
41.0%
GCP
34.8%

Philadelphia — technologies

Salesforce
72.0%
dbt
65.8%
AWS
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
Swift
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

Miami — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Halcyon Energy
8.0%
Beacon Robotics
7.2%
Solstice Biotech
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Aperture Labs
5.1%

Philadelphia — employers

Lakeshore Hospitality
9.4%
Halcyon Energy
8.7%
Meridian Software
8.0%
Northwind Systems
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Vantage Logistics
5.8%
Ironbark Manufacturing
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%.