Remote job availability and compensation
Remote openings, hiring velocity, location restrictions, role mix, seniority, skills, and salary transparency from WFH.team's job inventory.
11,495 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window
What changed: New-job volume changed -29.8% from the previous window; 52.2% of active listings include salary data.
By occupation
| key | label | new jobs | active jobs | applications | candidate demand | jobs per 100 candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| product | Product | 3,428 | 9,591 | 620 | 1,842 | 520.7 |
| software | Software | 3,098 | 8,974 | 590 | 2,765 | 324.6 |
| operations | Operations | 2,973 | 8,581 | 597 | 669 | 1,282.7 |
| data | Data | 3,048 | 8,387 | 516 | 2,596 | 323.1 |
| support | Customer support | 2,886 | 8,273 | 603 | 5,111 | 161.9 |
| customer_success | Customer success | 2,619 | 7,486 | 450 | 297 | 2,520.5 |
| healthcare_admin | Healthcare admin | 2,429 | 7,372 | 471 | 284 | 2,595.8 |
| security | Security | 2,442 | 7,101 | 379 | 341 | 2,082.4 |
| marketing | Marketing | 2,422 | 7,054 | 419 | 3,819 | 184.7 |
| finance | Finance and investments | 1,920 | 5,803 | 337 | 832 | 697.5 |
| legal | Legal | 1,932 | 5,305 | 284 | 704 | 753.6 |
| sales | Sales | 1,625 | 4,986 | 215 | 1,742 | 286.2 |
| devops | DevOps | 1,547 | 4,807 | 276 | 760 | 632.5 |
| design_creative | Design and creative | 1,574 | 4,713 | 230 | 2,668 | 176.6 |
| education | Education | 1,442 | 4,010 | 262 | 156 | 2,570.5 |
| backend | Backend | 972 | 3,762 | 246 | 2,299 | 163.6 |
| hr_recruiting | HR and recruiting | 1,341 | 3,701 | 181 | 375 | 986.9 |
| patient_support | Patient support | 984 | 2,707 | 193 | 113 | 2,395.6 |
| qa_testing | QA and testing | 814 | 2,299 | 178 | 770 | 298.6 |
| writing_content | Writing and content | 723 | 1,916 | 126 | 2,177 | 88 |
| accounting | Accounting | 565 | 1,678 | 93 | 177 | 948 |
| medical_billing | Medical billing | 668 | 1,625 | 170 | 106 | 1,533 |
| frontend | Frontend | 352 | 1,086 | 110 | 1,765 | 61.5 |
| mobile | Mobile engineering | 307 | 911 | 65 | 347 | 262.5 |
| administrative | Administrative and data entry | 313 | 873 | 174 | 2,875 | 30.4 |
| claims | Insurance claims | 246 | 626 | 117 | 57 | 1,098.2 |
| care_coordination | Care coordination | 155 | 361 | 37 | 78 | 462.8 |
By location
| label | active jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 7,398 |
| Canada | 1,099 |
| United Kingdom | 770 |
| Germany | 373 |
| India | 330 |
| Spain | 279 |
| Ireland | 246 |
| Poland | 225 |
| Mexico | 201 |
| Netherlands | 189 |
| Philippines | 187 |
| France | 183 |
By seniority
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 39.7 | 4,562 |
| Mid level | 31.7 | 3,649 |
| Lead / principal | 15.2 | 1,746 |
| Not stated | 6.6 | 762 |
| Entry level | 4.9 | 565 |
| Executive | 1.8 | 211 |
Worldwide vs restricted
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 3.7 | 420 |
| Multiple countries | 9.9 | 1,141 |
| United States only | 57.5 | 6,606 |
| Single-country restricted | 24 | 2,755 |
| Location not structured | 5 | 573 |
By timezone
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | 4.4 | 509 |
| America/Chicago | 3.3 | 378 |
| America/Los_Angeles | 3.1 | 359 |
| America/Denver | 2.4 | 281 |
| Global | 2.2 | 258 |
| US timezones | 1.8 | 209 |
| EST | 1.6 | 184 |
| Europe/London | 1.5 | 177 |
| Eastern Time | 1.5 | 174 |
| America/Toronto | 1.3 | 154 |
| PST | 1.1 | 131 |
| US/Eastern | 1 | 116 |
By salary band
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75k | 13.9 | 837 |
| $75k-$99k | 10.1 | 605 |
| $100k-$149k | 21.8 | 1,308 |
| $150k-$199k | 24.3 | 1,457 |
| $200k+ | 30 | 1,799 |
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: 2026-10-12 (Revision 2) [Data set]. https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-10-12
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Revision history for 2026-10-12
Revision 2 · Source data changed after initial publication. · 10/13/2026
Revision 1 · Initial publication · 10/12/2026