{
  "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": "2026-08-22",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-07-23",
    "period_end": "2026-08-22",
    "published_at": "2026-08-22 12:45:50.607491+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-22 12:31:57.828307+00:00",
    "headline": "6,676 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +160.2% from the previous window; 52.4% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 6676,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-22",
    "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 7587,
              "period": "2026-08-20"
            },
            {
              "value": 7695,
              "period": "2026-08-21"
            },
            {
              "value": 6676,
              "period": "2026-08-22"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.5,
              "period": "2026-08-20"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.6,
              "period": "2026-08-21"
            },
            {
              "value": 52.4,
              "period": "2026-08-22"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "key": "median_salary",
          "unit": "USD",
          "label": "Median listed salary",
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            {
              "value": 145500,
              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
            {
              "value": 145000,
              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
            {
              "value": 145100,
              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
            {
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              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
            {
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              "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 147812,
              "period": "2026-08-20"
            },
            {
              "value": 148000,
              "period": "2026-08-21"
            },
            {
              "value": 153000,
              "period": "2026-08-22"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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          "key": "active_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Active remote jobs",
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          "change": -1019,
          "previous_value": 7695
        },
        {
          "key": "new_jobs",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "New remote jobs",
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          "change": -794,
          "previous_value": 6456
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Salary transparency",
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          "change": 1.8,
          "previous_value": 50.6
        },
        {
          "key": "median_salary",
          "unit": "USD",
          "label": "Median listed salary",
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          "change": 5000,
          "previous_value": 148000
        },
        {
          "key": "active_companies",
          "unit": "count",
          "label": "Hiring companies",
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          "change": -28,
          "previous_value": 1252
        }
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              "label": "Product",
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              "active_jobs": 5394,
              "applications": 271,
              "candidate_demand": 1673,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 322.4
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            {
              "key": "software",
              "label": "Software",
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              "active_jobs": 5118,
              "applications": 312,
              "candidate_demand": 2506,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 204.2
            },
            {
              "key": "operations",
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              "active_jobs": 5033,
              "applications": 262,
              "candidate_demand": 402,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1252.0
            },
            {
              "key": "support",
              "label": "Customer support",
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              "active_jobs": 4958,
              "applications": 277,
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              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 106.2
            },
            {
              "key": "healthcare_admin",
              "label": "Healthcare admin",
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              "active_jobs": 4948,
              "applications": 237,
              "candidate_demand": 136,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 3638.2
            },
            {
              "key": "data",
              "label": "Data",
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            },
            {
              "key": "customer_success",
              "label": "Customer success",
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              "active_jobs": 4373,
              "applications": 199,
              "candidate_demand": 164,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2666.5
            },
            {
              "key": "security",
              "label": "Security",
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              "active_jobs": 4172,
              "applications": 188,
              "candidate_demand": 169,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2468.6
            },
            {
              "key": "marketing",
              "label": "Marketing",
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              "active_jobs": 4105,
              "applications": 184,
              "candidate_demand": 3676,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 111.7
            },
            {
              "key": "finance",
              "label": "Finance and investments",
              "new_jobs": 2891,
              "active_jobs": 3381,
              "applications": 162,
              "candidate_demand": 753,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 449.0
            },
            {
              "key": "sales",
              "label": "Sales",
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              "active_jobs": 2929,
              "applications": 111,
              "candidate_demand": 1596,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 183.5
            },
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              "key": "backend",
              "label": "Backend",
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              "active_jobs": 2807,
              "applications": 195,
              "candidate_demand": 1927,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 145.7
            },
            {
              "key": "devops",
              "label": "DevOps",
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              "active_jobs": 2763,
              "applications": 154,
              "candidate_demand": 602,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 459.0
            },
            {
              "key": "legal",
              "label": "Legal",
              "new_jobs": 2332,
              "active_jobs": 2756,
              "applications": 122,
              "candidate_demand": 677,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 407.1
            },
            {
              "key": "patient_support",
              "label": "Patient support",
              "new_jobs": 1471,
              "active_jobs": 1629,
              "applications": 61,
              "candidate_demand": 38,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 4286.8
            },
            {
              "key": "medical_billing",
              "label": "Medical billing",
              "new_jobs": 925,
              "active_jobs": 1023,
              "applications": 92,
              "candidate_demand": 44,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2325.0
            },
            {
              "key": "frontend",
              "label": "Frontend",
              "new_jobs": 528,
              "active_jobs": 606,
              "applications": 61,
              "candidate_demand": 1570,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 38.6
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 414,
              "active_jobs": 434,
              "applications": 43,
              "candidate_demand": 18,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2411.1
            },
            {
              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 255,
              "active_jobs": 289,
              "applications": 5,
              "candidate_demand": 17,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1700.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 4830
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 660
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 351
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 160
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 120
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 115
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 104
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 103
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 103
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 83
            },
            {
              "label": "Poland",
              "active_jobs": 71
            },
            {
              "label": "Sweden",
              "active_jobs": 65
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 43.5,
              "active_jobs": 2901
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 20.1,
              "active_jobs": 1342
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 19.9,
              "active_jobs": 1330
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 11.2,
              "active_jobs": 745
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 3.4,
              "active_jobs": 227
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 131
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 3.3,
              "active_jobs": 223
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 7.8,
              "active_jobs": 519
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 67.4,
              "active_jobs": 4499
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 18.3,
              "active_jobs": 1223
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 3.2,
              "active_jobs": 212
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 9.2,
              "active_jobs": 614
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 7.0,
              "active_jobs": 468
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 6.7,
              "active_jobs": 444
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 5.1,
              "active_jobs": 338
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 3.5,
              "active_jobs": 232
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 3.3,
              "active_jobs": 217
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 3.1,
              "active_jobs": 210
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.7,
              "active_jobs": 177
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.6,
              "active_jobs": 171
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 2.4,
              "active_jobs": 158
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 1.9,
              "active_jobs": 129
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Edmonton",
              "percent": 1.8,
              "active_jobs": 120
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 14.9,
              "active_jobs": 521
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 9.8,
              "active_jobs": 342
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 23.4,
              "active_jobs": 818
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 24.8,
              "active_jobs": 868
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 27.1,
              "active_jobs": 949
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-22, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-22)."
}