{
  "dataset": {
    "slug": "employer-remote-policies",
    "title": "Employer remote-work policies",
    "summary": "Remote-policy, salary-transparency, geographic, and four-day-week coverage across WFH.team's published employer profiles.",
    "category": "employer_policies",
    "category_label": "Employer policies",
    "source_kind": "first_party",
    "source_name": "WFH.team Remote Company Directory",
    "source_url": "https://wfh.team/remote-policy-tracker",
    "update_frequency": "Monthly",
    "geographic_scope": "Worldwide",
    "methodology": "Releases aggregate fields present on published remote-company profiles. Coverage means a policy field has source-backed text; it is not a judgment that the policy is favorable.",
    "limitations": "Profile coverage varies by employer and public source availability. Missing fields mean unknown, not necessarily that a policy is absent.",
    "dimensions": [
      "month",
      "policy field"
    ],
    "api_url": "https://api.new.wfh.team/api/public/research/datasets/employer-remote-policies/"
  },
  "release": {
    "release_key": "2026-09",
    "revision": 11,
    "period_start": "2026-09-01",
    "period_end": "2026-09-11",
    "published_at": "2026-09-11 12:45:49.375752+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": null,
    "headline": "1,790 employers have source-backed remote-policy profiles",
    "change_summary": "The monthly tracker links 4,065 primary sources and identifies 157 employers with increasing remote hiring.",
    "sample_size": 1790,
    "revision_note": "Source data changed after initial publication.",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/employer-remote-policies/2026-09",
    "data": {
      "series": [
        {
          "key": "policy_score",
          "unit": "score",
          "label": "Average Remote Policy Index",
          "points": [
            {
              "value": 44.0,
              "period": "2026-08-01"
            },
            {
              "value": 46.0,
              "period": "2026-09-01"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "key": "tracked_companies",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Source-backed employer policies",
          "value": 1790,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "average_policy_score",
          "unit": "score",
          "label": "Average policy clarity score",
          "value": 46.0,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Average salary transparency",
          "value": 43.1,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "worldwide_hiring",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Companies hiring worldwide",
          "value": 42,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "primary_sources",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Linked primary sources",
          "value": 4065,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        }
      ],
      "breakdowns": [
        {
          "key": "classification",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "fully_remote",
              "count": 122,
              "label": "Fully remote",
              "percent": 6.8
            },
            {
              "key": "hybrid",
              "count": 0,
              "label": "Hybrid",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "key": "remote_friendly",
              "count": 1153,
              "label": "Remote-friendly",
              "percent": 64.4
            },
            {
              "key": "office_first",
              "count": 0,
              "label": "Office-first",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "key": "unknown",
              "count": 515,
              "label": "Not enough evidence",
              "percent": 28.8
            }
          ],
          "label": "Remote-work classification"
        },
        {
          "key": "trend",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "increasing",
              "count": 157,
              "label": "Increasing",
              "percent": 8.8
            },
            {
              "key": "decreasing",
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Decreasing",
              "percent": 0.6
            },
            {
              "key": "stable",
              "count": 1510,
              "label": "Stable",
              "percent": 84.4
            },
            {
              "key": "new",
              "count": 113,
              "label": "Newly tracked",
              "percent": 6.3
            }
          ],
          "label": "Remote hiring direction"
        },
        {
          "key": "expanding",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "gitlab",
              "count": 250,
              "label": "Gitlab",
              "change": 126,
              "policy_score": 84
            },
            {
              "key": "gitlab-2",
              "count": 250,
              "label": "GitLab",
              "change": 126,
              "policy_score": 84
            },
            {
              "key": "elevenlabs",
              "count": 209,
              "label": "Elevenlabs",
              "change": 109,
              "policy_score": 80
            },
            {
              "key": "zscaler",
              "count": 159,
              "label": "Zscaler",
              "change": 108,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "affirm",
              "count": 235,
              "label": "Affirm",
              "change": 99,
              "policy_score": 94
            },
            {
              "key": "stripe",
              "count": 98,
              "label": "Stripe",
              "change": 79,
              "policy_score": 70
            },
            {
              "key": "coinbase",
              "count": 169,
              "label": "Coinbase",
              "change": 76,
              "policy_score": 97
            },
            {
              "key": "abnormal",
              "count": 69,
              "label": "Abnormal",
              "change": 63,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "twilio",
              "count": 208,
              "label": "Twilio",
              "change": 54,
              "policy_score": 90
            },
            {
              "key": "reddit",
              "count": 144,
              "label": "Reddit",
              "change": 50,
              "policy_score": 96
            },
            {
              "key": "databricks",
              "count": 64,
              "label": "Databricks",
              "change": 50,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "snowflake",
              "count": 63,
              "label": "Snowflake",
              "change": 50,
              "policy_score": 93
            },
            {
              "key": "sailorhealth",
              "count": 131,
              "label": "Sailorhealth",
              "change": 48,
              "policy_score": 77
            },
            {
              "key": "yipitdata",
              "count": 51,
              "label": "YipitData",
              "change": 47,
              "policy_score": 94
            },
            {
              "key": "cloudflare",
              "count": 58,
              "label": "Cloudflare",
              "change": 45,
              "policy_score": 86
            },
            {
              "key": "veeamsoftware",
              "count": 74,
              "label": "Veeamsoftware",
              "change": 44,
              "policy_score": 90
            },
            {
              "key": "clickhouse",
              "count": 44,
              "label": "Clickhouse",
              "change": 42,
              "policy_score": 81
            },
            {
              "key": "clickhouse-2",
              "count": 44,
              "label": "ClickHouse",
              "change": 42,
              "policy_score": 76
            },
            {
              "key": "oscar",
              "count": 50,
              "label": "Oscar",
              "change": 39,
              "policy_score": 98
            },
            {
              "key": "gomotive",
              "count": 105,
              "label": "Gomotive",
              "change": 38,
              "policy_score": 87
            },
            {
              "key": "pinterest",
              "count": 51,
              "label": "Pinterest",
              "change": 37,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "instacart",
              "count": 156,
              "label": "Instacart",
              "change": 36,
              "policy_score": 100
            },
            {
              "key": "appen",
              "count": 38,
              "label": "Appen",
              "change": 34,
              "policy_score": 81
            },
            {
              "key": "cohere",
              "count": 118,
              "label": "Cohere",
              "change": 34,
              "policy_score": 78
            },
            {
              "key": "natera",
              "count": 68,
              "label": "Natera",
              "change": 33,
              "policy_score": 97
            }
          ],
          "label": "Companies expanding remote hiring"
        },
        {
          "key": "clearest",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "rula",
              "label": "Rula",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 98.4
            },
            {
              "key": "tebra",
              "label": "Tebra",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "iterable",
              "label": "Iterable",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "mercury",
              "label": "Mercury",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 98.3
            },
            {
              "key": "zocdoc",
              "label": "Zocdoc",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "launchdarkly",
              "label": "LaunchDarkly",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "tailscale",
              "label": "Tailscale",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "anthropic",
              "label": "Anthropic",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "instacart",
              "label": "Instacart",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 98.1
            },
            {
              "key": "webflow",
              "label": "Webflow",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "two-chairs",
              "label": "Two Chairs",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "branch",
              "label": "Branch",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "discord",
              "label": "Discord",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "lattice",
              "label": "Lattice",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "waymo",
              "label": "Waymo",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "gongio",
              "label": "Gong.io",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "chime",
              "label": "Chime",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "expel",
              "label": "Expel",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "pendo",
              "label": "Pendo",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "masterclass",
              "label": "MasterClass",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "smartasset",
              "label": "SmartAsset",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "edpuzzle",
              "label": "Edpuzzle",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "lithic",
              "label": "Lithic",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "modern-health",
              "label": "Modern Health",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "axios",
              "label": "Axios",
              "value": 99,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 96.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "Clearest salary and location policies"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 2
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Employer remote-work policies, 2026-09, revision 11 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/employer-remote-policies/2026-09)."
}