{
  "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": "2026-10",
    "revision": 24,
    "period_start": "2026-10-01",
    "period_end": "2026-10-24",
    "published_at": "2026-10-24 12:45:50.864240+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": null,
    "headline": "1,881 employers have source-backed remote-policy profiles",
    "change_summary": "The monthly tracker links 4,505 primary sources and identifies 215 employers with increasing remote hiring.",
    "sample_size": 1881,
    "revision_note": "Source data changed after initial publication.",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/employer-remote-policies/2026-10",
    "data": {
      "series": [
        {
          "key": "policy_score",
          "unit": "score",
          "label": "Average Remote Policy Index",
          "points": [
            {
              "value": 44.0,
              "period": "2026-08-01"
            },
            {
              "value": 33.4,
              "period": "2026-09-01"
            },
            {
              "value": 34.4,
              "period": "2026-10-01"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "key": "tracked_companies",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Source-backed employer policies",
          "value": 1881,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "average_policy_score",
          "unit": "score",
          "label": "Average policy clarity score",
          "value": 34.4,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Average salary transparency",
          "value": 45.4,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "worldwide_hiring",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Companies hiring worldwide",
          "value": 72,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "primary_sources",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Linked primary sources",
          "value": 4505,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        }
      ],
      "breakdowns": [
        {
          "key": "classification",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "fully_remote",
              "count": 165,
              "label": "Fully remote",
              "percent": 8.8
            },
            {
              "key": "hybrid",
              "count": 0,
              "label": "Hybrid",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "key": "remote_friendly",
              "count": 743,
              "label": "Remote-friendly",
              "percent": 39.5
            },
            {
              "key": "office_first",
              "count": 0,
              "label": "Office-first",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "key": "unknown",
              "count": 973,
              "label": "Not enough evidence",
              "percent": 51.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "Remote-work classification"
        },
        {
          "key": "trend",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "increasing",
              "count": 215,
              "label": "Increasing",
              "percent": 11.4
            },
            {
              "key": "decreasing",
              "count": 17,
              "label": "Decreasing",
              "percent": 0.9
            },
            {
              "key": "stable",
              "count": 1583,
              "label": "Stable",
              "percent": 84.2
            },
            {
              "key": "new",
              "count": 66,
              "label": "Newly tracked",
              "percent": 3.5
            }
          ],
          "label": "Remote hiring direction"
        },
        {
          "key": "expanding",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "micro1",
              "count": 517,
              "label": "micro1",
              "change": 162,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "rws",
              "count": 191,
              "label": "Rws",
              "change": 115,
              "policy_score": 75
            },
            {
              "key": "gitlab",
              "count": 321,
              "label": "Gitlab",
              "change": 112,
              "policy_score": 84
            },
            {
              "key": "gitlab-2",
              "count": 321,
              "label": "GitLab",
              "change": 112,
              "policy_score": 84
            },
            {
              "key": "highlevel",
              "count": 100,
              "label": "HighLevel",
              "change": 100,
              "policy_score": 83
            },
            {
              "key": "elevenlabs",
              "count": 250,
              "label": "Elevenlabs",
              "change": 85,
              "policy_score": 80
            },
            {
              "key": "pomelo-care",
              "count": 79,
              "label": "Pomelo Care",
              "change": 78,
              "policy_score": 92
            },
            {
              "key": "affirm",
              "count": 276,
              "label": "Affirm",
              "change": 76,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "grafanalabs",
              "count": 234,
              "label": "Grafanalabs",
              "change": 75,
              "policy_score": 82
            },
            {
              "key": "centene-management-company-llc",
              "count": 195,
              "label": "Centene Management Company LLC",
              "change": 71,
              "policy_score": 92
            },
            {
              "key": "mozilla",
              "count": 175,
              "label": "Mozilla",
              "change": 65,
              "policy_score": 87
            },
            {
              "key": "twilio",
              "count": 212,
              "label": "Twilio",
              "change": 58,
              "policy_score": 89
            },
            {
              "key": "sword-health",
              "count": 74,
              "label": "Sword Health",
              "change": 56,
              "policy_score": 85
            },
            {
              "key": "remote",
              "count": 54,
              "label": "Remote",
              "change": 54,
              "policy_score": 94
            },
            {
              "key": "instacart",
              "count": 176,
              "label": "Instacart",
              "change": 52,
              "policy_score": 99
            },
            {
              "key": "fetch",
              "count": 140,
              "label": "Fetch",
              "change": 49,
              "policy_score": 83
            },
            {
              "key": "mercury",
              "count": 91,
              "label": "Mercury",
              "change": 47,
              "policy_score": 100
            },
            {
              "key": "salesforce-inc",
              "count": 182,
              "label": "Salesforce, Inc.",
              "change": 46,
              "policy_score": 92
            },
            {
              "key": "clickhouse",
              "count": 162,
              "label": "Clickhouse",
              "change": 42,
              "policy_score": 82
            },
            {
              "key": "clickhouse-2",
              "count": 162,
              "label": "ClickHouse",
              "change": 42,
              "policy_score": 77
            },
            {
              "key": "natera",
              "count": 91,
              "label": "Natera",
              "change": 40,
              "policy_score": 95
            },
            {
              "key": "abnormal",
              "count": 118,
              "label": "Abnormal",
              "change": 38,
              "policy_score": 94
            },
            {
              "key": "74-2325267-ppd-development-lp",
              "count": 138,
              "label": "74-2325267 PPD Development, LP",
              "change": 38,
              "policy_score": 81
            },
            {
              "key": "stripe",
              "count": 133,
              "label": "Stripe",
              "change": 38,
              "policy_score": 80
            },
            {
              "key": "gomotive",
              "count": 131,
              "label": "Gomotive",
              "change": 33,
              "policy_score": 87
            }
          ],
          "label": "Companies expanding remote hiring"
        },
        {
          "key": "clearest",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "tebra",
              "label": "Tebra",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "mercury",
              "label": "Mercury",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 98.9
            },
            {
              "key": "talkspace",
              "label": "Talkspace",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "ramp",
              "label": "Ramp",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "honor",
              "label": "Honor",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "waymo",
              "label": "Waymo",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "webflow",
              "label": "Webflow",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "rula",
              "label": "Rula",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 98.2
            },
            {
              "key": "lattice",
              "label": "Lattice",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "two-chairs",
              "label": "Two Chairs",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "expel",
              "label": "Expel",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "hometap",
              "label": "Hometap",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "discord",
              "label": "Discord",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "zocdoc",
              "label": "Zocdoc",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "tailscale",
              "label": "Tailscale",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "airtable",
              "label": "Airtable",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "propelus",
              "label": "Propelus",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "outschool",
              "label": "Outschool",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "masterclass",
              "label": "MasterClass",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "gongio",
              "label": "Gong.io",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "lithic",
              "label": "Lithic",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "iterable",
              "label": "Iterable",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "chime",
              "label": "Chime",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "netlify",
              "label": "Netlify",
              "value": 100,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 100.0
            },
            {
              "key": "anthropic",
              "label": "Anthropic",
              "value": 99,
              "salary_transparency_percent": 95.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "Clearest salary and location policies"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 2
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Employer remote-work policies, 2026-10, revision 24 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/employer-remote-policies/2026-10)."
}