Side by side

Minneapolis vs Portland

Portland pays more: a median of $88,000 against $84,000. There is 1.8× more demand for Minneapolis. Listings for Portland move faster — median age 33 days against 74.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureMinneapolisPortlandGap
Open postings55,91030,575+25,335
Posted this week3,8691,662
Median salary$84,000$88,000$-4k
25th percentile$66.5k$69.5k
75th percentile$104k$109k
Salary disclosed8.6%9.0%
Remote share5.2%9.4%-4.2pp
Median age of posting74d33d
Open over 60 days45.7%46.7%
Visa sponsorship18.2%11.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

Minneapolis

$38k$145k

Portland

$40k$152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Minneapolis

just posted74d median90d+

Portland

just posted33d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Minneapolis — technologies

dbt
72.0%
Swift
65.8%
Terraform
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
TypeScript
34.8%

Portland — technologies

Kubernetes
72.0%
React
65.8%
Snowflake
59.6%
Java
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
Swift
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

Minneapolis — employers

Northwind Systems
9.4%
Aperture Labs
8.7%
Umbra Security
8.0%
Vantage Logistics
7.2%
Cobalt Financial
6.5%
Brightline Retail
5.8%
Quarry Analytics
5.1%

Portland — employers

Fairmount Legal
9.4%
Quarry Analytics
8.7%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.0%
Umbra Security
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Rivergate Media
5.8%
Tidewater Insurance
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%.