US Job Market Index

The US job market, measured from live listings instead of surveys: 4,292 open jobs across 823 cities and 49states, pulled straight from employers' own careers systems and rebuilt twice a week. Updated July 2026; newest posting July 29, 2026. How we count jobs.

Live openings: 4,292
Cities tracked: 823
Median advertised pay: $137k/yr
Remote share: 15%

Hiring by city, ranked

The 25 busiest markets by live openings. Median pay covers only listings that post a range (21% do).

#	City	Open jobs	New this week	Median pay	Remote	Top field	Report
1	New York, NY	742	188	$163k/yr	22%	Tech	Report
2	San Francisco, CA	547	79	$204k/yr	42%	Tech	Report
3	Chicago, IL	143	41	$96k/yr	14%	Sales	Report
4	Dallas, TX	107	20	$101k/yr	3%	Administrative	Report
5	Los Angeles, CA	88	18	$97k/yr	5%	Administrative	Report
6	Atlanta, GA	79	21	$101k/yr	14%	Administrative	Report
7	Seattle, WA	77	18	$206k/yr	13%	Tech	Report
8	Denver, CO	66	19	$154k/yr	8%	Sales	Report
9	Miami, FL	54	5	$73k/yr	6%	Administrative	Report
10	Washington, DC	46	7	$255k/yr	50%	Administrative	Report
11	Austin, TX	42	3	$62k/yr	14%	Healthcare	Report
12	Pittsburgh, PA	33	20	$58k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
13	Arlington, VA	32	3	$195k/yr	44%	Administrative	Report
14	Las Vegas, NV	31	6	$73k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
15	Sterling, VA	28	2	n/a	0%	Administrative	Report
16	Nashville, TN	27	4	$66k/yr	7%	Administrative	Report
17	Charlotte, NC	26	8	$78k/yr	8%	Administrative	Report
18	Plano, TX	26	3	n/a	0%	Healthcare	Report
19	Fort Worth, TX	24	3	n/a	0%	Administrative	Report
20	St. Louis, MO	23	9	$103k/yr	22%	Administrative	Report
21	Phoenix, AZ	23	2	n/a	0%	Beauty & Wellness	Report
22	Houston, TX	23	1	$70k/yr	9%	Administrative	Report
23	Tempe, AZ	23	10	$106k/yr	0%	Administrative	Report
24	McLean, VA	22	1	n/a	0%	Administrative	Report
25	Englewood Cliffs, NJ	22	6	$180k/yr	0%	Tech	Report

Where advertised pay runs highest

Median posted salary among cities with 15+ live listings.

Washington, DC

$255k/yr

46 open jobs

Seattle, WA

$206k/yr

77 open jobs

San Francisco, CA

$204k/yr

547 open jobs

Arlington, VA

$195k/yr

32 open jobs

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

$180k/yr

22 open jobs

What's hiring nationally

Administrative (1338)Tech (825)Healthcare (676)Sales (441)Marketing (179)Finance (158)Beauty & Wellness (143)Hospitality (113)

The most active employers across all cities right now are Eosfitness (142), Phoenix Home Care And Hospice (129), Sofi (104), Greenthumbindustries (104), Focusfinancialpartners (92).

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.