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Hire vetted tech talent across United States.

The US tech market is the world's largest and most competitive. Compensation includes meaningful equity, bonus, and benefits beyond base salary. Notice periods are typically 2 weeks.

United States at a glance

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Where we hire in US

Ranked by salary uplift vs national average

San Francisco

+25%

San Francisco and the Bay Area remain the global epicentre of tech compensation, AI, and venture-backed startups. Total comp at growth-stage companies routinely exceeds $300k.

SOMAMission BayPalo Alto

New York

+20%

NYC blends fintech, ad-tech, and media-tech with one of the densest engineering talent pools in the world. Hybrid is the norm and compensation is on par with the Bay Area.

Hudson YardsFlatironBrooklyn DUMBO

Seattle

+15%

Seattle has the world's deepest cloud-engineering talent pool thanks to AWS and Azure. Strong supply across distributed systems, data infrastructure, and ML platform engineering.

South Lake UnionBellevueCapitol Hill

Boston

+10%

Boston is a hub for enterprise SaaS, biotech-tech, and AI research, fed by MIT and Harvard pipelines. Mid-senior platform and ML talent is plentiful.

Kendall SquareSeaport DistrictCambridge

Los Angeles

+10%

LA's tech scene spans Silicon Beach SaaS, media-tech, gaming, and aerospace software. Talent is increasingly senior-heavy with strong design-engineering crossover.

Silicon BeachCulver CityPasadena

Austin

+0%

Austin has emerged as a primary US tech hub, with deep talent in dev tools, infra, and platform engineering. Pay is 15–20% below SF with materially lower cost of living.

Downtown AustinEast AustinThe Domain

Chicago

+0%

Chicago combines enterprise SaaS, ad-tech, and trading-tech with strong mid-market hiring. Compensation is competitive with non-coastal hubs and notice periods are short.

The LoopFulton MarketRiver North

Remote (US)

+0%

US-wide remote hiring opens access to talent across all time zones. Many engineers prefer remote at 90–95% of in-office comp.

Distributed-first teamsQuarterly offsitesAsync leadership

Side-by-side

United States vs other markets we cover

Average mid-level salary uplift and notice periods by country.

MetricUKDEUS
Median mid salary£70k€74k$130k
Typical notice period1–2 months3 months2 weeks
Hybrid default2 days office2 days office3 days office
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