US Job Market Index

The US job market, measured from live listings instead of surveys: 2,253 open jobs across 565 cities and 49states, pulled straight from employers' own careers systems and rebuilt twice a week. Updated September 2026; newest posting September 28, 2026. How we count jobs.

Live openings: 2,253
Cities tracked: 565
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 (22% do).

#	City	Open jobs	New this week	Median pay	Remote	Top field	Report
1	New York, NY	421	148	$163k/yr	22%	Tech	Report
2	San Francisco, CA	302	83	$207k/yr	44%	Tech	Report
3	Chicago, IL	64	30	$116k/yr	13%	Sales	Report
4	Miami, FL	43	6	$62k/yr	2%	Administrative	Report
5	Dallas, TX	39	18	$101k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
6	Los Angeles, CA	36	6	$93k/yr	3%	Administrative	Report
7	Seattle, WA	36	22	$245k/yr	31%	Tech	Report
8	Denver, CO	35	20	$169k/yr	3%	Administrative	Report
9	Atlanta, GA	32	12	$101k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
10	Detroit, MI	23	2	$56k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
11	Nashville, TN	21	2	$83k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
12	Pittsburgh, PA	21	5	n/a	0%	Tech	Report
13	Austin, TX	20	3	n/a	30%	Healthcare	Report
14	Arlington, VA	19	3	$135k/yr	21%	Administrative	Report
15	Washington, DC	18	9	n/a	39%	Tech	Report
16	St. Petersburg, FL	17	2	$75k/yr	94%	Administrative	Report
17	Louisville, KY	15	1	n/a	0%	Retail	Report
18	Fort Worth, TX	15	2	n/a	0%	Administrative	Report
19	Englewood Cliffs, NJ	15	1	n/a	0%	Administrative	Report
20	Plano, TX	15	2	n/a	0%	Administrative	Report
21	Sterling, VA	12	3	n/a	0%	Administrative
22	Charlotte, NC	11	3	$98k/yr	0%	Administrative
23	Tempe, AZ	10	4	$101k/yr	0%	Administrative
24	Clarksville, TN	10	3	n/a	0%	Tech
25	Lexington, KY	10	1	n/a	0%	Administrative

Where advertised pay runs highest

Median posted salary among cities with 15+ live listings.

Seattle, WA

$245k/yr

36 open jobs

San Francisco, CA

$207k/yr

302 open jobs

Denver, CO

$169k/yr

35 open jobs

New York, NY

$163k/yr

421 open jobs

Arlington, VA

$135k/yr

19 open jobs

What's hiring nationally

Administrative (713)Tech (491)Healthcare (356)Sales (194)Finance (104)Marketing (70)HR (52)Legal (46)

The most active employers across all cities right now are Dianahealth94 (40), Greenthumbindustries (40), Robinhood (40), Samsara (40), Rebuildmanufacturing (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.