Remote job availability and compensation
Remote openings, hiring velocity, location restrictions, role mix, seniority, skills, and salary transparency from WFH.team's job inventory.
14,392 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window
What changed: New-job volume changed -1.5% from the previous window; 50.2% of active listings include salary data.
By occupation
| key | label | new jobs | active jobs | applications | candidate demand | jobs per 100 candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| product | Product | 4,473 | 11,931 | 726 | 1,892 | 630.6 |
| software | Software | 4,423 | 11,489 | 666 | 2,834 | 405.4 |
| operations | Operations | 4,055 | 10,735 | 696 | 755 | 1,421.9 |
| data | Data | 4,051 | 10,507 | 579 | 2,713 | 387.3 |
| support | Customer support | 3,823 | 10,179 | 684 | 5,262 | 193.4 |
| customer_success | Customer success | 3,755 | 9,575 | 541 | 337 | 2,841.2 |
| security | Security | 3,362 | 8,937 | 440 | 378 | 2,364.3 |
| marketing | Marketing | 3,403 | 8,924 | 498 | 3,867 | 230.8 |
| healthcare_admin | Healthcare admin | 2,886 | 8,743 | 494 | 342 | 2,556.4 |
| finance | Finance and investments | 2,747 | 7,381 | 369 | 858 | 860.3 |
| legal | Legal | 2,506 | 6,540 | 333 | 712 | 918.5 |
| sales | Sales | 2,377 | 6,354 | 221 | 1,786 | 355.8 |
| devops | DevOps | 2,311 | 6,093 | 310 | 796 | 765.5 |
| design_creative | Design and creative | 2,330 | 6,080 | 294 | 2,692 | 225.9 |
| education | Education | 1,756 | 4,796 | 298 | 177 | 2,709.6 |
| hr_recruiting | HR and recruiting | 1,848 | 4,627 | 203 | 385 | 1,201.8 |
| backend | Backend | 1,374 | 4,493 | 291 | 2,367 | 189.8 |
| patient_support | Patient support | 1,162 | 3,244 | 197 | 159 | 2,040.3 |
| qa_testing | QA and testing | 1,242 | 3,055 | 238 | 811 | 376.7 |
| writing_content | Writing and content | 989 | 2,486 | 155 | 2,213 | 112.3 |
| accounting | Accounting | 1,014 | 2,355 | 112 | 201 | 1,171.6 |
| medical_billing | Medical billing | 861 | 2,074 | 191 | 126 | 1,646 |
| frontend | Frontend | 548 | 1,428 | 140 | 1,807 | 79 |
| mobile | Mobile engineering | 396 | 1,088 | 78 | 357 | 304.8 |
| administrative | Administrative and data entry | 365 | 1,005 | 187 | 2,970 | 33.8 |
| claims | Insurance claims | 295 | 741 | 119 | 69 | 1,073.9 |
| care_coordination | Care coordination | 151 | 416 | 30 | 101 | 411.9 |
By location
| label | active jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 8,899 |
| Canada | 1,333 |
| United Kingdom | 951 |
| India | 531 |
| Germany | 490 |
| Spain | 404 |
| Poland | 335 |
| Ireland | 329 |
| South Africa | 302 |
| France | 288 |
| Netherlands | 288 |
| Philippines | 231 |
By seniority
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 37.3 | 5,373 |
| Mid level | 33.5 | 4,822 |
| Lead / principal | 16.6 | 2,382 |
| Entry level | 5.4 | 778 |
| Not stated | 5.1 | 733 |
| Executive | 2.1 | 304 |
Worldwide vs restricted
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 4.3 | 613 |
| Multiple countries | 9.8 | 1,415 |
| United States only | 55.1 | 7,937 |
| Single-country restricted | 25.9 | 3,729 |
| Location not structured | 4.8 | 698 |
By timezone
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | 3.2 | 457 |
| Global | 2.9 | 420 |
| America/Chicago | 2.3 | 334 |
| America/Los_Angeles | 2.1 | 307 |
| Eastern Time | 1.7 | 250 |
| America/Denver | 1.7 | 241 |
| US timezones | 1.3 | 181 |
| EST | 1.2 | 174 |
| Europe/London | 1.2 | 169 |
| Pacific Time | 1 | 151 |
| Europe | 1 | 146 |
| PST | 0.9 | 131 |
By salary band
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75k | 14.2 | 1,027 |
| $75k-$99k | 10.1 | 728 |
| $100k-$149k | 21.4 | 1,546 |
| $150k-$199k | 24.4 | 1,759 |
| $200k+ | 29.9 | 2,160 |
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: 2026-10-27 (Revision 2) [Data set]. https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-10-27
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Revision history for 2026-10-27
Revision 2 · Source data changed after initial publication. · 10/28/2026
Revision 1 · Initial publication · 10/27/2026