Remote job availability and compensation
Remote openings, hiring velocity, location restrictions, role mix, seniority, skills, and salary transparency from WFH.team's job inventory.
11,287 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window
What changed: New-job volume changed +46.5% from the previous window; 52.8% of active listings include salary data.
By occupation
| key | label | new jobs | active jobs | applications | candidate demand | jobs per 100 candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| product | Product | 5,587 | 9,602 | 519 | 1,815 | 529 |
| software | Software | 5,179 | 8,936 | 504 | 2,737 | 326.5 |
| data | Data | 4,991 | 8,503 | 442 | 2,551 | 333.3 |
| support | Customer support | 4,729 | 8,403 | 528 | 5,046 | 166.5 |
| operations | Operations | 4,745 | 8,400 | 505 | 633 | 1,327 |
| marketing | Marketing | 4,291 | 7,568 | 372 | 3,799 | 199.2 |
| customer_success | Customer success | 4,260 | 7,331 | 385 | 271 | 2,705.2 |
| healthcare_admin | Healthcare admin | 3,804 | 7,290 | 417 | 270 | 2,700 |
| security | Security | 4,061 | 7,070 | 324 | 320 | 2,209.4 |
| finance | Finance and investments | 3,257 | 5,740 | 288 | 820 | 700 |
| legal | Legal | 3,324 | 5,302 | 238 | 701 | 756.3 |
| devops | DevOps | 3,014 | 5,143 | 253 | 745 | 690.3 |
| backend | Backend | 2,519 | 5,055 | 239 | 2,272 | 222.5 |
| sales | Sales | 2,899 | 4,960 | 189 | 1,730 | 286.7 |
| design_creative | Design and creative | 2,595 | 4,566 | 183 | 2,651 | 172.2 |
| education | Education | 2,114 | 3,895 | 222 | 145 | 2,686.2 |
| hr_recruiting | HR and recruiting | 2,182 | 3,637 | 153 | 366 | 993.7 |
| patient_support | Patient support | 1,493 | 2,685 | 170 | 101 | 2,658.4 |
| qa_testing | QA and testing | 1,274 | 2,185 | 140 | 752 | 290.6 |
| writing_content | Writing and content | 1,107 | 1,810 | 116 | 2,161 | 83.8 |
| accounting | Accounting | 1,000 | 1,632 | 84 | 169 | 965.7 |
| medical_billing | Medical billing | 881 | 1,572 | 146 | 96 | 1,637.5 |
| frontend | Frontend | 606 | 1,113 | 89 | 1,746 | 63.7 |
| administrative | Administrative and data entry | 562 | 875 | 151 | 2,849 | 30.7 |
| mobile | Mobile engineering | 435 | 819 | 47 | 342 | 239.5 |
| claims | Insurance claims | 270 | 603 | 99 | 52 | 1,159.6 |
| care_coordination | Care coordination | 188 | 347 | 37 | 69 | 502.9 |
By location
| label | active jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 6,990 |
| Canada | 970 |
| United Kingdom | 705 |
| Germany | 355 |
| India | 292 |
| Spain | 264 |
| Ireland | 221 |
| Poland | 206 |
| Mexico | 184 |
| Philippines | 183 |
| France | 173 |
| Netherlands | 166 |
By seniority
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 37.8 | 4,266 |
| Mid level | 23.9 | 2,693 |
| Not stated | 16 | 1,810 |
| Lead / principal | 14.3 | 1,614 |
| Entry level | 4.3 | 481 |
| Executive | 3.7 | 423 |
Worldwide vs restricted
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 3.1 | 354 |
| Multiple countries | 8.6 | 976 |
| United States only | 56.2 | 6,338 |
| Single-country restricted | 24.2 | 2,727 |
| Location not structured | 7.9 | 892 |
By timezone
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | 4.6 | 522 |
| America/Chicago | 3.5 | 390 |
| America/Los_Angeles | 3.2 | 360 |
| America/Denver | 2.6 | 288 |
| Global | 2.3 | 262 |
| US timezones | 1.9 | 209 |
| EST | 1.5 | 174 |
| Europe/London | 1.5 | 166 |
| America/Toronto | 1.4 | 153 |
| PST | 1.1 | 125 |
| Eastern Time | 1.1 | 124 |
| US/Eastern | 1.1 | 119 |
By salary band
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75k | 13.5 | 806 |
| $75k-$99k | 9.7 | 581 |
| $100k-$149k | 21.6 | 1,288 |
| $150k-$199k | 24 | 1,431 |
| $200k+ | 31.2 | 1,858 |
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: 2026-10-06 (Revision 2) [Data set]. https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-10-06
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Revision history for 2026-10-06
Revision 2 · Source data changed after initial publication. · 10/7/2026
Revision 1 · Initial publication · 10/6/2026