Side by side

Miami vs San Jose

San Jose pays more: a median of $118,000 against $80,000. There is 1.9× more demand for San Jose. Listings for San Jose move faster — median age 65 days against 90.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureMiamiSan JoseGap
Open postings26,54250,512-23,970
Posted this week1,3902,565
Median salary$80,000$118,000$-38k
25th percentile$63k$93k
75th percentile$99k$147k
Salary disclosed9.0%5.9%
Remote share10.0%9.3%+0.7pp
Median age of posting90d65d
Open over 60 days50.9%33.3%
Visa sponsorship12.5%14.3%
Pay

Pay distribution

Miami

$36k$138k

San Jose

$53k$204k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Miami

just posted90d median90d+

San Jose

just posted65d 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%

San Jose — technologies

Tableau
72.0%
GCP
65.8%
Node.js
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
dbt
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%

San Jose — employers

Kestrel Health
9.4%
Vantage Logistics
8.7%
Pinewood Education
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Rivergate Media
6.5%
Solstice Biotech
5.8%
Umbra Security
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%.