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Explore your salary and opportunity Aug 29, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026 · 30 days10,034unique active remote jobs
1,049companies hiring
51.8%salary visibility
330configured active sources
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Executive brief
What stands out now
Three signals from the latest snapshot, selected directly from the published inventory and candidate-demand data.
Most new listings
Product
5,011 roles first observed during this report period.Most openings per candidate
Patient support
2,811.5 jobs per 100 active candidate profiles.Access and pay
Who can apply, and what the work pays
Location eligibility and compensation are reported separately, with coverage and sample sizes visible beside every estimate.
59.5% of listings state a timezone.
Median annualized salary across 5,195 salary-listed jobs.
6,024 newly observed and 333 confirmed closed in 30 days.
Hiring eligibility
Worldwide3.2%
324 jobsMultiple countries9.4%
939 jobsUnited States only58%
5,817 jobsSingle-country restricted24.8%
2,484 jobsLocation not structured4.7%
470 jobsAnnualized salary bands
Under $75k14.8%
767 jobs$75k-$99k10%
521 jobs$100k-$149k21.6%
1,121 jobs$150k-$199k24.1%
1,253 jobs$200k+29.5%
1,533 jobsBased only on listings with usable USD compensation. Coverage: 51.8%.
Median listed pay by role
| Role | Median | Salary visibility | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend | $183,825 | 49.5% | n=492 |
| Design and creative | $183,000 | 52.2% | n=2,171 |
| DevOps | $181,695 | 54% | n=2,326 |
| Backend | $180,000 | 53.8% | n=2,069 |
| Legal | $179,650 | 58.7% | n=2,658 |
| HR and recruiting | $170,200 | 66.4% | n=2,147 |
| Security | $167,200 | 54.4% | n=3,367 |
| Mobile engineering | $166,250 | 57.3% | n=442 |
| Software | $165,000 | 53.1% | n=4,160 |
| Data | $165,000 | 54.4% | n=3,901 |
Listed pay vs. candidate minimums
| Role | Listed median | Candidate minimum | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and creative | $183,000 n=2171 | $20,000 n=1628 | +815% |
| Writing and content | $162,050 n=816 | $24,000 n=1156 | +575.2% |
| Marketing | $156,524 n=3427 | $29,000 n=2071 | +439.7% |
| QA and testing | $160,592 n=968 | $35,000 n=368 | +358.8% |
| Sales | $163,438 n=2442 | $36,000 n=924 | +354% |
| Legal | $179,650 n=2658 | $40,000 n=400 | +349.1% |
| Customer support | $149,175 n=3886 | $35,000 n=2761 | +326.2% |
| HR and recruiting | $170,200 n=2147 | $40,000 n=195 | +325.5% |
Market movement
What is gaining momentum
New and closed listings reveal flow; skills and employers show where that movement is concentrated.
Median age of currently active roles.
Median observed lifetime for roles closed this period.
Share of active jobs held by the ten largest hiring companies.
Skills adding the most new jobs
Attention to detail154 new+135
Written and verbal communication124 new+112
Java319 new+98
Kubernetes442 new+91
Distributed Systems242 new+91
Python787 new+89
SQL644 new+79
Distributed systems92 new+62
Companies with fresh hiring
micro1316 active316 new
Samsara223 active161 new
Gitlab203 active159 new
Affirm194 active114 new
Elevenlabs166 active113 new
Coinbase155 active90 new
Grafanalabs154 active76 new
Twilio142 active85 new
Work shape
How employers define remote roles
Seniority and employment arrangements are normalized from current listings. Additional fields appear when source coverage is sufficient.
Seniority
Senior47.7%
4,790 jobsMid level26.4%
2,647 jobsLead / principal12.3%
1,233 jobsNot stated7.4%
739 jobsEntry level4.8%
477 jobsExecutive1.5%
148 jobsEmployment type
Full time86.8%
8,714 jobsContract23.2%
2,328 jobsPart time5.4%
542 jobsInternship0.2%
17 jobsPermanent0%
5 jobs10990%
5 jobsFixed-Term0%
3 jobsW20%
3 jobsPer Diem0%
3 jobsB2B0%
2 jobsW-20%
2 jobsFixed-Term (24 Months)0%
2 jobsFixed-Term (6 Months)0%
1 jobsPermanent Employment (Umowa O Pracę)0%
1 jobsFixed Term0%
1 jobsFee For Service0%
1 jobsProject-Based, One-Time Payment0%
1 jobsShort-Term Project0%
1 jobsSelf Employed0%
1 jobsB2B Arrangements0%
1 jobsEmployment Of Record0%
1 jobsSchedule
Not stated37.9%
3,806 jobsFlexible35.3%
3,538 jobsFixed24.3%
2,435 jobsAsync-first2.3%
232 jobsShift-based0.1%
14 jobsAsync / flexible0.1%
9 jobsBenefits stated
Dental insurance7.2%
725 jobsVision insurance6.9%
692 jobsParental leave6.6%
659 jobsHealth insurance5.4%
538 jobsPaid time off5.3%
535 jobsRetirement plan5%
500 jobsPaid parental leave4.1%
412 jobsCandidate behavior
What candidates do next
Privacy-safe activity from WFH.team helps distinguish interest from actual application progress.
Roles saved during this period.
Recorded outbound application starts.
Published after 25 reports.
Engagement by role
| Role | Events | Saves | Apply clicks | Applications | Per 100 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer support | 2,078 | 542 | 659 | 537 | 28.4 |
| Software | 2,046 | 536 | 645 | 527 | 26.1 |
| Product | 2,041 | 527 | 650 | 523 | 24.5 |
| Operations | 1,947 | 509 | 629 | 504 | 25.9 |
| Healthcare admin | 1,771 | 458 | 553 | 453 | 27.2 |
| Data | 1,611 | 430 | 517 | 426 | 22.5 |
| Customer success | 1,607 | 411 | 499 | 408 | 24.5 |
| Marketing | 1,457 | 373 | 454 | 372 | 23.2 |
| Security | 1,352 | 360 | 429 | 356 | 21.9 |
| Finance and investments | 1,166 | 307 | 394 | 304 | 22.8 |
Engagement counts describe activity recorded in WFH.team, not every application made on employer sites. Outcome rates are withheld until at least 25 reports exist.
Collection coverage and known gaps
Salary51.8%
Hiring countries95.1%
Time zones59.5%
Employment type100%
Seniority92.6%
Skills99.7%
Experience requirement74.3%
Education requirement58.3%
Visa sponsorship9.9%
Work authorization54.2%
Schedule type76.2%
Overlap hours29.2%
Benefits75.9%
Role landscape
Where remote hiring is concentrated
Each unique job may match more than one role family. Category counts overlap and should not be added; fresh-share shows how much of each category was first observed during this period.
Role categoryJobs matching categoryFresh shareCandidate balanceApplications
The headline counts 10,034 unique jobs once. These rows are overlapping category matches. Candidate balance is hidden when fewer than 10 active profiles represent a category.
Leading signals
Where, what, and who is hiring
Ranked by active listings. Counts describe the current WFH.team inventory, not the entire labor market.
Reading guide
Turn the report into decisions
Find less crowded lanes
Compare openings per 100 candidates, then inspect fresh-share and salary visibility before choosing where to focus applications.
See where supply is tight
Use category balance and leading skills to understand which roles may need broader location eligibility or clearer compensation.
Read changes, not totals alone
Use the rolling period and prior-period comparison for direction. Category totals overlap and should not be added together.
Methodology
How the report is built
These figures describe jobs observed by WFH.team, not the entire remote labor market. New jobs means newly observed listings, not necessarily newly created positions. Changes can reflect source coverage as well as employer hiring activity.
When citing a finding, include the report period and link to this report or its dated archive. CSV and JSON downloads are available above.
- scope
- Confirmed remote listings observed by WFH.team, excluding rejected jobs and test application URLs.
- period
- Rolling 30-day window compared with the preceding 30 days.
- salary
- Salary statistics use annualized USD minimums, maximums, or midpoints only when compensation is stated. Every result includes its sample size.
- closures
- Confirmed closures use source deadlines or explicit employer closure actions. Age, source failures, and missing feed entries are not closure evidence. Earlier cleanup-based closure counts are excluded from the confirmed-closure trend.
- freshness
- Posted dates are preferred when supplied by the source; otherwise WFH.team's first observation date is used.
- limitations
- Listings can appear in more than one role category, skill, or hiring location. First-seen dates are observation dates when original posting dates are unavailable, and tracked applications do not represent all off-site activity.
- headline count
- The headline active-jobs figure counts unique listings once.
- candidate privacy
- Candidate demand is shown only for categories with at least 10 active profiles. Salary alignment requires at least 25 candidates and 10 salary-bearing jobs.
- category counting
- Role categories are multi-label: one listing can match several categories, so category counts overlap and must not be added together.
- engagement privacy
- Category engagement and outcomes are shown only after at least 25 recorded events or reports.
Last published Sep 28, 2026. Counts change as employers publish, update, and close roles.
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