Side by side

Minneapolis vs San Diego

San Diego pays more: a median of $92,500 against $84,000. There is 1.4× more demand for Minneapolis. San Diego is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.8%. Listings for San Diego move faster — median age 63 days against 74.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureMinneapolisSan DiegoGap
Open postings55,91039,556+16,354
Posted this week3,8691,459
Median salary$84,000$92,500$-8.5k
25th percentile$66.5k$73k
75th percentile$104k$115k
Salary disclosed8.6%5.0%
Remote share5.2%12.0%-6.8pp
Median age of posting74d63d
Open over 60 days45.7%45.1%
Visa sponsorship18.2%11.4%
Pay

Pay distribution

Minneapolis

$38k$145k

San Diego

$42k$160k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Minneapolis

just posted74d median90d+

San Diego

just posted63d 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%

San Diego — technologies

Tableau
72.0%
Python
65.8%
dbt
59.6%
Swift
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
React
41.0%
Figma
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%

San Diego — employers

Rivergate Media
9.4%
Fairmount Legal
8.7%
Cobalt Financial
8.0%
Ironbark Manufacturing
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Umbra Security
5.8%
Lakeshore Hospitality
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%.