Side by side

Salt Lake City vs Seattle

Seattle pays more: a median of $101,500 against $81,000. There is 2.9× more demand for Salt Lake City. Listings for Seattle move faster — median age 49 days against 62.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureSalt Lake CitySeattleGap
Open postings59,34920,711+38,638
Posted this week1,906530
Median salary$81,000$101,500$-20.5k
25th percentile$64k$80k
75th percentile$101k$126k
Salary disclosed8.2%5.4%
Remote share5.7%10.3%-4.6pp
Median age of posting62d49d
Open over 60 days45.5%37.4%
Visa sponsorship4.1%24.7%
Pay

Pay distribution

Salt Lake City

$36k$140k

Seattle

$46k$176k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Salt Lake City

just posted62d median90d+

Seattle

just posted49d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Salt Lake City — technologies

GCP
72.0%
Terraform
65.8%
Python
59.6%
AWS
53.4%
Kubernetes
47.2%
SQL
41.0%
React
34.8%

Seattle — technologies

JavaScript
72.0%
AWS
65.8%
Azure
59.6%
Snowflake
53.4%
React
47.2%
Salesforce
41.0%
Python
34.8%

Salt Lake City — employers

Pinewood Education
9.4%
Rivergate Media
8.7%
Halcyon Energy
8.0%
Northwind Systems
7.2%
Lakeshore Hospitality
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Kestrel Health
5.1%

Seattle — employers

Cobalt Financial
9.4%
Halcyon Energy
8.7%
Vantage Logistics
8.0%
Brightline Retail
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Aperture Labs
5.8%
Meridian Software
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%.