Remote job availability and compensation
Remote openings, hiring velocity, location restrictions, role mix, seniority, skills, and salary transparency from WFH.team's job inventory.
8,102 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window
What changed: New-job volume changed +218.2% from the previous window; 53.4% of active listings include salary data.
By occupation
| key | label | new jobs | active jobs | applications | candidate demand | jobs per 100 candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| product | Product | 5,065 | 6,599 | 344 | 1,703 | 387.5 |
| software | Software | 4,773 | 6,231 | 364 | 2,561 | 243.3 |
| operations | Operations | 4,784 | 6,127 | 325 | 445 | 1,376.9 |
| support | Customer support | 4,645 | 6,029 | 352 | 4,748 | 127 |
| healthcare_admin | Healthcare admin | 4,546 | 6,001 | 286 | 161 | 3,727.3 |
| data | Data | 4,316 | 5,657 | 295 | 2,260 | 250.3 |
| customer_success | Customer success | 4,078 | 5,274 | 256 | 186 | 2,835.5 |
| security | Security | 3,906 | 5,089 | 225 | 202 | 2,519.3 |
| marketing | Marketing | 3,892 | 5,036 | 253 | 3,696 | 136.3 |
| finance | Finance and investments | 3,208 | 4,125 | 203 | 763 | 540.6 |
| sales | Sales | 2,751 | 3,521 | 151 | 1,611 | 218.6 |
| backend | Backend | 2,437 | 3,451 | 220 | 2,087 | 165.4 |
| legal | Legal | 2,565 | 3,391 | 141 | 687 | 493.6 |
| design_creative | Design and creative | 2,508 | 3,336 | 197 | 2,595 | 128.6 |
| devops | DevOps | 2,386 | 3,314 | 181 | 652 | 508.3 |
| education | Education | 2,404 | 2,812 | 110 | 101 | 2,784.2 |
| hr_recruiting | HR and recruiting | 1,761 | 2,478 | 100 | 344 | 720.3 |
| patient_support | Patient support | 1,689 | 1,981 | 88 | 52 | 3,809.6 |
| qa_testing | QA and testing | 1,262 | 1,633 | 110 | 663 | 246.3 |
| medical_billing | Medical billing | 987 | 1,198 | 103 | 47 | 2,548.9 |
| writing_content | Writing and content | 894 | 1,167 | 93 | 2,098 | 55.6 |
| accounting | Accounting | 854 | 1,057 | 51 | 107 | 987.9 |
| frontend | Frontend | 548 | 757 | 70 | 1,645 | 46 |
| administrative | Administrative and data entry | 594 | 699 | 42 | 2,663 | 26.2 |
| mobile | Mobile engineering | 493 | 663 | 21 | 309 | 214.6 |
| claims | Insurance claims | 481 | 508 | 48 | 25 | 2,032 |
| care_coordination | Care coordination | 285 | 327 | 14 | 29 | 1,127.6 |
By location
| label | active jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 5,772 |
| Canada | 857 |
| United Kingdom | 444 |
| Germany | 219 |
| India | 172 |
| Mexico | 156 |
| Spain | 143 |
| Ireland | 132 |
| US | 123 |
| France | 114 |
| Poland | 96 |
| Brazil | 91 |
By seniority
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 44.1 | 3,576 |
| Mid level | 19.6 | 1,590 |
| Not stated | 19.6 | 1,588 |
| Lead / principal | 11 | 895 |
| Entry level | 3.6 | 288 |
| Executive | 2 | 165 |
Worldwide vs restricted
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 3.2 | 262 |
| Multiple countries | 8 | 648 |
| United States only | 66.3 | 5,374 |
| Single-country restricted | 19.3 | 1,563 |
| Location not structured | 3.1 | 255 |
By timezone
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | 9.2 | 744 |
| America/Los_Angeles | 7.2 | 581 |
| America/Chicago | 7.1 | 578 |
| America/Denver | 5.5 | 444 |
| America/Toronto | 3.9 | 312 |
| US timezones | 3.4 | 272 |
| EST | 3 | 247 |
| America/Vancouver | 2.8 | 223 |
| Europe/London | 2.5 | 205 |
| PST | 2.4 | 195 |
| America/Edmonton | 2.2 | 176 |
| US/Eastern | 2 | 158 |
By salary band
| label | percent | active jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Under $75k | 14.7 | 635 |
| $75k-$99k | 9.7 | 419 |
| $100k-$149k | 22.7 | 982 |
| $150k-$199k | 25.1 | 1,086 |
| $200k+ | 27.8 | 1,205 |
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: 2026-08-31 (Revision 2) [Data set]. https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-31
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Revision history for 2026-08-31
Revision 2 · Source data changed after initial publication. · 9/1/2026
Revision 1 · Initial publication · 8/31/2026