Side by side

New York City vs Portland

New York City pays more: a median of $112,000 against $88,000. There is 1.5× more demand for Portland.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureNew York CityPortlandGap
Open postings20,88830,575-9,687
Posted this week5291,662
Median salary$112,000$88,000+$24k
25th percentile$88.5k$69.5k
75th percentile$139k$109k
Salary disclosed3.8%9.0%
Remote share13.5%9.4%+4.1pp
Median age of posting37d33d
Open over 60 days37.1%46.7%
Visa sponsorship11.6%11.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

New York City

$50k$194k

Portland

$40k$152k
Freshness

How old the listings are

New York City

just posted37d median90d+

Portland

just posted33d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

New York City — technologies

Snowflake
72.0%
Java
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Python
53.4%
Docker
47.2%
JavaScript
41.0%
Spark
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%

New York City — employers

Meridian Software
9.4%
Northwind Systems
8.7%
Quarry Analytics
8.0%
Halcyon Energy
7.2%
Aperture Labs
6.5%
Fairmount Legal
5.8%
Kestrel Health
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%.