Remote job availability and compensation
Remote openings, hiring velocity, location restrictions, role mix, seniority, skills, and salary transparency from WFH.team's job inventory.
9,115 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window
What changed: New-job volume changed +10.9% from the previous window; 49.3% of active listings include salary data.
By occupation
| key | label | new jobs | active jobs | applications | candidate demand | jobs per 100 candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| product | Product | 4,838 | 7,628 | 464 | 1,764 | 432.4 |
| software | Software | 4,653 | 7,241 | 462 | 2,663 | 271.9 |
| operations | Operations | 4,292 | 6,947 | 437 | 560 | 1,240.5 |
| support | Customer support | 4,252 | 6,771 | 465 | 4,912 | 137.8 |
| data | Data | 4,247 | 6,510 | 380 | 2,425 | 268.5 |
| healthcare_admin | Healthcare admin | 3,616 | 6,136 | 380 | 224 | 2,739.3 |
| customer_success | Customer success | 3,887 | 6,098 | 348 | 242 | 2,519.8 |
| marketing | Marketing | 3,718 | 5,828 | 360 | 3,762 | 154.9 |
| security | Security | 3,667 | 5,726 | 318 | 277 | 2,067.1 |
| finance | Finance and investments | 3,109 | 4,793 | 268 | 800 | 599.1 |
| legal | Legal | 2,794 | 4,106 | 198 | 698 | 588.3 |
| sales | Sales | 2,613 | 4,047 | 215 | 1,687 | 239.9 |
| devops | DevOps | 2,651 | 3,999 | 237 | 699 | 572.1 |
| design_creative | Design and creative | 2,360 | 3,764 | 209 | 2,629 | 143.2 |
| backend | Backend | 2,223 | 3,637 | 242 | 2,194 | 165.8 |
| education | Education | 1,877 | 3,190 | 167 | 120 | 2,658.3 |
| hr_recruiting | HR and recruiting | 1,921 | 2,973 | 138 | 356 | 835.1 |
| patient_support | Patient support | 1,369 | 2,330 | 143 | 75 | 3,106.7 |
| qa_testing | QA and testing | 1,240 | 1,869 | 124 | 711 | 262.9 |
| writing_content | Writing and content | 974 | 1,435 | 131 | 2,135 | 67.2 |
| medical_billing | Medical billing | 735 | 1,394 | 129 | 76 | 1,834.2 |
| accounting | Accounting | 970 | 1,367 | 75 | 148 | 923.6 |
| frontend | Frontend | 564 | 898 | 99 | 1,702 | 52.8 |
| administrative | Administrative and data entry | 556 | 877 | 82 | 2,773 | 31.6 |
| mobile | Mobile engineering | 454 | 682 | 35 | 324 | 210.5 |
| claims | Insurance claims | 202 | 474 | 61 | 39 | 1,215.4 |
| care_coordination | Care coordination | 184 | 327 | 33 | 48 | 681.2 |
By location
| label | active jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 6,023 |
| Canada | 844 |
| United Kingdom | 557 |
| Germany | 257 |
| India | 223 |
| Spain | 214 |
| Mexico | 186 |
| Poland | 183 |
| South Africa | 159 |
| Philippines | 145 |
| Ireland | 144 |
| Netherlands | 114 |
By seniority
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 50.2 | 4,574 |
| Mid level | 23.6 | 2,148 |
| Lead / principal | 11.9 | 1,089 |
| Not stated | 8.3 | 755 |
| Entry level | 4.6 | 417 |
| Executive | 1.4 | 132 |
Worldwide vs restricted
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 3.2 | 290 |
| Multiple countries | 9.1 | 829 |
| United States only | 59.9 | 5,460 |
| Single-country restricted | 25.8 | 2,348 |
| Location not structured | 2.1 | 188 |
By timezone
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | 10.1 | 920 |
| America/Chicago | 7.9 | 723 |
| America/Los_Angeles | 7.6 | 692 |
| America/Denver | 6.4 | 582 |
| America/Toronto | 3.8 | 349 |
| US timezones | 3.7 | 339 |
| Europe/London | 2.9 | 263 |
| America/Vancouver | 2.6 | 241 |
| EST | 2.5 | 229 |
| America/Edmonton | 2.2 | 198 |
| PST | 2.2 | 197 |
| US/Eastern | 2.1 | 194 |
By salary band
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75k | 13.5 | 607 |
| $75k-$99k | 10.1 | 452 |
| $100k-$149k | 22.9 | 1,027 |
| $150k-$199k | 23.9 | 1,073 |
| $200k+ | 29.6 | 1,331 |
Daily snapshots aggregate confirmed remote listings collected by WFH.team. A listing must be active in the report window and pass the site's remote-work confirmation rules.
The inventory reflects WFH.team sources rather than every remote opening. Employer wording and source coverage can change over time.
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WFH.team. (2026). Remote job availability and compensation: 2026-09-21 (Revision 2) [Data set]. https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-09-21
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Revision history for 2026-09-21
Revision 2 · Source data changed after initial publication. · 9/22/2026
Revision 1 · Initial publication · 9/21/2026