Side by side

Minneapolis vs Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. pays more: a median of $104,000 against $84,000. There is 1.5× more demand for Minneapolis. Listings for Minneapolis move faster — median age 74 days against 84.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureMinneapolisWashington, D.C.Gap
Open postings55,91038,550+17,360
Posted this week3,8691,027
Median salary$84,000$104,000$-20k
25th percentile$66.5k$82k
75th percentile$104k$129k
Salary disclosed8.6%3.9%
Remote share5.2%6.8%-1.6pp
Median age of posting74d84d
Open over 60 days45.7%32.7%
Visa sponsorship18.2%13.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Minneapolis

$38k$145k

Washington, D.C.

$47k$180k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Minneapolis

just posted74d median90d+

Washington, D.C.

just posted84d 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%

Washington, D.C. — technologies

Python
72.0%
Azure
65.8%
Spark
59.6%
Airflow
53.4%
Kotlin
47.2%
dbt
41.0%
PostgreSQL
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%

Washington, D.C. — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Solstice Biotech
8.0%
Fairmount Legal
7.2%
Vantage Logistics
6.5%
Tidewater Insurance
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%.