US Job Market Index

The US job market, measured from live listings instead of surveys: 2,214 open jobs across 566 cities and 47states, pulled straight from employers' own careers systems and rebuilt twice a week. Updated November 2026; newest posting November 12, 2026. How we count jobs.

Live openings: 2,214
Cities tracked: 566
Median advertised pay: $140k/yr
Remote share: 16%

Hiring by city, ranked

The 25 busiest markets by live openings. Median pay covers only listings that post a range (18% do).

#	City	Open jobs	New this week	Median pay	Remote	Top field	Report
1	New York, NY	433	166	$153k/yr	20%	Tech	Report
2	San Francisco, CA	269	101	$185k/yr	48%	Tech	Report
3	Chicago, IL	66	24	$115k/yr	12%	Sales	Report
4	Seattle, WA	40	24	$182k/yr	20%	Tech	Report
5	Denver, CO	39	13	$155k/yr	3%	Administrative	Report
6	Atlanta, GA	34	11	$106k/yr	18%	Administrative	Report
7	Los Angeles, CA	33	13	$94k/yr	6%	Administrative	Report
8	Miami, FL	33	5	$59k/yr	3%	Administrative	Report
9	Dallas, TX	30	13	$101k/yr	3%	Administrative	Report
10	Nashville, TN	23	13	$61k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
11	St. Petersburg, FL	20	1	n/a	95%	Administrative	Report
12	Austin, TX	19	4	n/a	16%	Healthcare	Report
13	Detroit, MI	18	1	$109k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
14	Fort Worth, TX	16	3	n/a	0%	Healthcare	Report
15	Washington, DC	16	5	$166k/yr	31%	Sales	Report
16	Plano, TX	14	2	n/a	0%	Healthcare
17	Phoenix, AZ	13	1	n/a	0%	Administrative
18	Houston, TX	13	3	$75k/yr	8%	Administrative
19	Philadelphia, PA	13	4	n/a	15%	Administrative
20	Arlington, VA	13	3	$105k/yr	15%	Administrative
21	Clarksville, TN	12	1	n/a	0%	Administrative
22	Jacksonville, FL	11	3	n/a	0%	Healthcare
23	Englewood Cliffs, NJ	11	2	n/a	0%	Administrative
24	Salt Lake City, UT	11	4	$113k/yr	18%	Sales
25	Sterling, VA	11	2	n/a	0%	Administrative

Where advertised pay runs highest

Median posted salary among cities with 15+ live listings.

San Francisco, CA

$185k/yr

269 open jobs

Seattle, WA

$182k/yr

40 open jobs

Washington, DC

$166k/yr

16 open jobs

Denver, CO

$155k/yr

39 open jobs

New York, NY

$153k/yr

433 open jobs

What's hiring nationally

Administrative (670)Tech (423)Healthcare (371)Sales (253)Finance (96)Marketing (94)HR (54)Hospitality (49)

The most active employers across all cities right now are Ethosrecruiter (40), Greenthumbindustries (40), Eosfitness (40), Samsara (40), Aprio (40).

About this data

Every figure comes from live listings on employers' own careers systems, refreshed twice a week. Pay medians cover only listings that post a range, so they describe advertised pay, not every wage in a city. Cite it freely with a link; the methodology page covers sources and limits.