{
  "dataset": {
    "slug": "remote-job-market",
    "title": "Remote job availability and compensation",
    "summary": "Remote openings, hiring velocity, location restrictions, role mix, seniority, skills, and salary transparency from WFH.team's job inventory.",
    "category": "job_market",
    "category_label": "Job market",
    "source_kind": "first_party",
    "source_name": "WFH.team Job Market",
    "source_url": "https://wfh.team/remote-job-market",
    "update_frequency": "Daily",
    "geographic_scope": "Worldwide",
    "methodology": "Daily snapshots aggregate confirmed remote listings collected by WFH.team. A listing must be active in the report window and pass the site's remote-work confirmation rules.",
    "limitations": "The inventory reflects WFH.team sources rather than every remote opening. Employer wording and source coverage can change over time.",
    "dimensions": [
      "month",
      "occupation",
      "country",
      "timezone",
      "seniority",
      "salary",
      "remote access"
    ],
    "api_url": "https://api.new.wfh.team/api/public/research/datasets/remote-job-market/"
  },
  "release": {
    "release_key": "2026-08-16",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-07-17",
    "period_end": "2026-08-16",
    "published_at": "2026-08-16 12:45:47.423234+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-16 12:31:57.646088+00:00",
    "headline": "7,093 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +142.0% from the previous window; 50.4% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 7093,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-16",
    "data": {
      "series": [
        {
          "key": "active_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Active remote jobs",
          "points": [
            {
              "value": 6005,
              "period": "2026-08-10"
            },
            {
              "value": 5990,
              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
            {
              "value": 6713,
              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
            {
              "value": 6881,
              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
            {
              "value": 6968,
              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
            {
              "value": 7129,
              "period": "2026-08-15"
            },
            {
              "value": 7093,
              "period": "2026-08-16"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Salary transparency",
          "points": [
            {
              "value": 48.5,
              "period": "2026-08-10"
            },
            {
              "value": 45.9,
              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.9,
              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.5,
              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.0,
              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.2,
              "period": "2026-08-15"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.4,
              "period": "2026-08-16"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "key": "median_salary",
          "unit": "USD",
          "label": "Median listed salary",
          "points": [
            {
              "value": 145500,
              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
            {
              "value": 145000,
              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
            {
              "value": 145100,
              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
            {
              "value": 145705,
              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
            {
              "value": 146562,
              "period": "2026-08-15"
            },
            {
              "value": 147000,
              "period": "2026-08-16"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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        {
          "key": "active_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Active remote jobs",
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          "change": -36,
          "previous_value": 7129
        },
        {
          "key": "new_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "New remote jobs",
          "value": 5855,
          "change": -29,
          "previous_value": 5884
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Salary transparency",
          "value": 50.4,
          "change": 0.2,
          "previous_value": 50.2
        },
        {
          "key": "median_salary",
          "unit": "USD",
          "label": "Median listed salary",
          "value": 147000,
          "change": 438,
          "previous_value": 146562
        },
        {
          "key": "active_companies",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Hiring companies",
          "value": 1230,
          "change": 5,
          "previous_value": 1225
        }
      ],
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        {
          "key": "occupation",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "product",
              "label": "Product",
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              "active_jobs": 5517,
              "applications": 257,
              "candidate_demand": 1655,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 333.4
            },
            {
              "key": "healthcare_admin",
              "label": "Healthcare admin",
              "new_jobs": 4371,
              "active_jobs": 5453,
              "applications": 247,
              "candidate_demand": 127,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 4293.7
            },
            {
              "key": "software",
              "label": "Software",
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              "active_jobs": 5436,
              "applications": 342,
              "candidate_demand": 2488,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 218.5
            },
            {
              "key": "support",
              "label": "Customer support",
              "new_jobs": 4425,
              "active_jobs": 5379,
              "applications": 305,
              "candidate_demand": 4627,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 116.3
            },
            {
              "key": "operations",
              "label": "Operations",
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              "active_jobs": 5313,
              "applications": 274,
              "candidate_demand": 378,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1405.6
            },
            {
              "key": "data",
              "label": "Data",
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              "active_jobs": 4737,
              "applications": 275,
              "candidate_demand": 2126,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 222.8
            },
            {
              "key": "customer_success",
              "label": "Customer success",
              "new_jobs": 3847,
              "active_jobs": 4583,
              "applications": 216,
              "candidate_demand": 151,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 3035.1
            },
            {
              "key": "marketing",
              "label": "Marketing",
              "new_jobs": 3613,
              "active_jobs": 4336,
              "applications": 213,
              "candidate_demand": 3668,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 118.2
            },
            {
              "key": "security",
              "label": "Security",
              "new_jobs": 3592,
              "active_jobs": 4290,
              "applications": 195,
              "candidate_demand": 159,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2698.1
            },
            {
              "key": "finance",
              "label": "Finance and investments",
              "new_jobs": 2940,
              "active_jobs": 3497,
              "applications": 162,
              "candidate_demand": 749,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 466.9
            },
            {
              "key": "sales",
              "label": "Sales",
              "new_jobs": 2486,
              "active_jobs": 3021,
              "applications": 127,
              "candidate_demand": 1577,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 191.6
            },
            {
              "key": "backend",
              "label": "Backend",
              "new_jobs": 2317,
              "active_jobs": 2900,
              "applications": 186,
              "candidate_demand": 1905,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 152.2
            },
            {
              "key": "devops",
              "label": "DevOps",
              "new_jobs": 2384,
              "active_jobs": 2890,
              "applications": 146,
              "candidate_demand": 589,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 490.7
            },
            {
              "key": "legal",
              "label": "Legal",
              "new_jobs": 2190,
              "active_jobs": 2616,
              "applications": 124,
              "candidate_demand": 676,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 387.0
            },
            {
              "key": "patient_support",
              "label": "Patient support",
              "new_jobs": 1674,
              "active_jobs": 1896,
              "applications": 69,
              "candidate_demand": 33,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 5745.5
            },
            {
              "key": "medical_billing",
              "label": "Medical billing",
              "new_jobs": 905,
              "active_jobs": 1023,
              "applications": 82,
              "candidate_demand": 37,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2764.9
            },
            {
              "key": "frontend",
              "label": "Frontend",
              "new_jobs": 546,
              "active_jobs": 634,
              "applications": 60,
              "candidate_demand": 1560,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 40.6
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 440,
              "active_jobs": 465,
              "applications": 32,
              "candidate_demand": 14,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 3321.4
            },
            {
              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 265,
              "active_jobs": 307,
              "applications": 10,
              "candidate_demand": 13,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2361.5
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 5043
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 680
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 340
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 163
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 119
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 116
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 112
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 110
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 107
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 84
            },
            {
              "label": "Nederland",
              "active_jobs": 75
            },
            {
              "label": "Sweden",
              "active_jobs": 70
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 39.3,
              "active_jobs": 2790
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 24.3,
              "active_jobs": 1725
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 19.5,
              "active_jobs": 1386
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 10.9,
              "active_jobs": 776
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 3.9,
              "active_jobs": 276
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 140
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 2.9,
              "active_jobs": 209
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 7.3,
              "active_jobs": 518
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 66.9,
              "active_jobs": 4748
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 18.4,
              "active_jobs": 1306
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 4.4,
              "active_jobs": 312
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 8.0,
              "active_jobs": 568
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 6.5,
              "active_jobs": 463
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 6.2,
              "active_jobs": 441
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 4.8,
              "active_jobs": 338
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 3.1,
              "active_jobs": 217
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 2.7,
              "active_jobs": 193
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.4,
              "active_jobs": 170
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 2.4,
              "active_jobs": 167
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 2.1,
              "active_jobs": 150
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 145
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 1.8,
              "active_jobs": 127
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Edmonton",
              "percent": 1.7,
              "active_jobs": 118
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 17.0,
              "active_jobs": 606
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 10.4,
              "active_jobs": 370
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 23.7,
              "active_jobs": 847
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 23.5,
              "active_jobs": 839
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 25.5,
              "active_jobs": 910
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-16, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-16)."
}