{
  "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": "2026-08-19",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-07-20",
    "period_end": "2026-08-19",
    "published_at": "2026-08-19 12:45:47.168371+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-19 12:31:58.265299+00:00",
    "headline": "7,384 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +159.8% from the previous window; 50.3% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 7384,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-19",
    "data": {
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        {
          "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 7048,
              "period": "2026-08-17"
            },
            {
              "value": 7222,
              "period": "2026-08-18"
            },
            {
              "value": 7384,
              "period": "2026-08-19"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.2,
              "period": "2026-08-17"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.1,
              "period": "2026-08-18"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.3,
              "period": "2026-08-19"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 147500,
              "period": "2026-08-17"
            },
            {
              "value": 147250,
              "period": "2026-08-18"
            },
            {
              "value": 148000,
              "period": "2026-08-19"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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        {
          "key": "active_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Active remote jobs",
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          "change": 162,
          "previous_value": 7222
        },
        {
          "key": "new_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "New remote jobs",
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          "change": 187,
          "previous_value": 6001
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Salary transparency",
          "value": 50.3,
          "change": 0.2,
          "previous_value": 50.1
        },
        {
          "key": "median_salary",
          "unit": "USD",
          "label": "Median listed salary",
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          "change": 750,
          "previous_value": 147250
        },
        {
          "key": "active_companies",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Hiring companies",
          "value": 1241,
          "change": 11,
          "previous_value": 1230
        }
      ],
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        {
          "key": "occupation",
          "rows": [
            {
              "key": "product",
              "label": "Product",
              "new_jobs": 4834,
              "active_jobs": 5746,
              "applications": 281,
              "candidate_demand": 1664,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 345.3
            },
            {
              "key": "healthcare_admin",
              "label": "Healthcare admin",
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              "active_jobs": 5661,
              "applications": 257,
              "candidate_demand": 131,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 4321.4
            },
            {
              "key": "software",
              "label": "Software",
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              "active_jobs": 5628,
              "applications": 357,
              "candidate_demand": 2492,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 225.8
            },
            {
              "key": "support",
              "label": "Customer support",
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              "active_jobs": 5598,
              "applications": 317,
              "candidate_demand": 4644,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 120.5
            },
            {
              "key": "operations",
              "label": "Operations",
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              "active_jobs": 5508,
              "applications": 293,
              "candidate_demand": 394,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1398.0
            },
            {
              "key": "data",
              "label": "Data",
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              "active_jobs": 4954,
              "applications": 287,
              "candidate_demand": 2141,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 231.4
            },
            {
              "key": "customer_success",
              "label": "Customer success",
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              "active_jobs": 4827,
              "applications": 230,
              "candidate_demand": 157,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 3074.5
            },
            {
              "key": "security",
              "label": "Security",
              "new_jobs": 3795,
              "active_jobs": 4517,
              "applications": 208,
              "candidate_demand": 165,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2737.6
            },
            {
              "key": "marketing",
              "label": "Marketing",
              "new_jobs": 3804,
              "active_jobs": 4495,
              "applications": 230,
              "candidate_demand": 3675,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 122.3
            },
            {
              "key": "finance",
              "label": "Finance and investments",
              "new_jobs": 3094,
              "active_jobs": 3662,
              "applications": 174,
              "candidate_demand": 750,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 488.3
            },
            {
              "key": "sales",
              "label": "Sales",
              "new_jobs": 2640,
              "active_jobs": 3159,
              "applications": 135,
              "candidate_demand": 1590,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 198.7
            },
            {
              "key": "devops",
              "label": "DevOps",
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              "active_jobs": 2995,
              "applications": 159,
              "candidate_demand": 596,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 502.5
            },
            {
              "key": "backend",
              "label": "Backend",
              "new_jobs": 2355,
              "active_jobs": 2949,
              "applications": 196,
              "candidate_demand": 1916,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 153.9
            },
            {
              "key": "legal",
              "label": "Legal",
              "new_jobs": 2306,
              "active_jobs": 2761,
              "applications": 133,
              "candidate_demand": 676,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 408.4
            },
            {
              "key": "patient_support",
              "label": "Patient support",
              "new_jobs": 1794,
              "active_jobs": 2015,
              "applications": 71,
              "candidate_demand": 33,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 6106.1
            },
            {
              "key": "medical_billing",
              "label": "Medical billing",
              "new_jobs": 970,
              "active_jobs": 1076,
              "applications": 89,
              "candidate_demand": 41,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2624.4
            },
            {
              "key": "frontend",
              "label": "Frontend",
              "new_jobs": 551,
              "active_jobs": 652,
              "applications": 59,
              "candidate_demand": 1562,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 41.7
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 493,
              "active_jobs": 512,
              "applications": 36,
              "candidate_demand": 17,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 3011.8
            },
            {
              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 289,
              "active_jobs": 326,
              "applications": 11,
              "candidate_demand": 14,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2328.6
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 5291
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 681
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 354
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 159
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 139
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 127
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 113
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 113
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 108
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 84
            },
            {
              "label": "Nederland",
              "active_jobs": 75
            },
            {
              "label": "Sweden",
              "active_jobs": 60
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 39.6,
              "active_jobs": 2925
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 22.5,
              "active_jobs": 1664
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 20.4,
              "active_jobs": 1503
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 10.8,
              "active_jobs": 796
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 4.8,
              "active_jobs": 356
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 1.9,
              "active_jobs": 140
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 2.8,
              "active_jobs": 210
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 7.2,
              "active_jobs": 531
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 67.6,
              "active_jobs": 4995
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 18.2,
              "active_jobs": 1347
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 4.1,
              "active_jobs": 301
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 8.4,
              "active_jobs": 621
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 6.6,
              "active_jobs": 487
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 6.3,
              "active_jobs": 467
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 4.8,
              "active_jobs": 357
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 3.0,
              "active_jobs": 219
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 2.8,
              "active_jobs": 205
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 2.7,
              "active_jobs": 198
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.3,
              "active_jobs": 171
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.2,
              "active_jobs": 165
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 1.9,
              "active_jobs": 143
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 1.6,
              "active_jobs": 121
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Pacific",
              "percent": 1.4,
              "active_jobs": 106
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 17.1,
              "active_jobs": 635
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 9.7,
              "active_jobs": 361
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 23.6,
              "active_jobs": 878
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 24.1,
              "active_jobs": 895
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 25.5,
              "active_jobs": 948
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-19, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-19)."
}