{
  "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": "2026-08-26",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-07-27",
    "period_end": "2026-08-26",
    "published_at": "2026-08-26 12:45:44.482623+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-26 12:32:10.093116+00:00",
    "headline": "7,243 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +179.7% from the previous window; 52.6% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 7243,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-26",
    "data": {
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              "period": "2026-08-10"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
            {
              "value": 6713,
              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
            {
              "value": 6881,
              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
            {
              "value": 6968,
              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
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              "value": 7129,
              "period": "2026-08-15"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-16"
            },
            {
              "value": 7048,
              "period": "2026-08-17"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-18"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-19"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-20"
            },
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              "value": 7695,
              "period": "2026-08-21"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-22"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-23"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-24"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-25"
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              "period": "2026-08-26"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
          "unit": "percent",
          "label": "Salary transparency",
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              "period": "2026-08-10"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
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              "value": 50.5,
              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
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              "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"
            },
            {
              "value": 52.5,
              "period": "2026-08-23"
            },
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              "value": 52.6,
              "period": "2026-08-24"
            },
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              "value": 52.7,
              "period": "2026-08-25"
            },
            {
              "value": 52.6,
              "period": "2026-08-26"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "key": "median_salary",
          "unit": "USD",
          "label": "Median listed salary",
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              "value": 145500,
              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
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            },
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              "period": "2026-08-19"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-20"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-21"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-22"
            },
            {
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              "period": "2026-08-23"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-24"
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          ]
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          "key": "active_jobs",
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          "change": -14,
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        {
          "key": "new_jobs",
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          "change": -21,
          "previous_value": 5740
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          "previous_value": 155100
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          "key": "active_companies",
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          "label": "Hiring companies",
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              "key": "healthcare_admin",
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              "key": "support",
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              "key": "data",
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              "key": "customer_success",
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              "key": "marketing",
              "label": "Marketing",
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              "key": "security",
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              "candidate_demand": 189,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2357.7
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              "key": "finance",
              "label": "Finance and investments",
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              "key": "sales",
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              "active_jobs": 3061,
              "applications": 138,
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              "key": "design_creative",
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              "key": "devops",
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              "key": "legal",
              "label": "Legal",
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              "active_jobs": 2920,
              "applications": 134,
              "candidate_demand": 682,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 428.2
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              "key": "education",
              "label": "Education",
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              "active_jobs": 2501,
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              "key": "hr_recruiting",
              "label": "HR and recruiting",
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              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 644.8
            },
            {
              "key": "patient_support",
              "label": "Patient support",
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              "active_jobs": 1807,
              "applications": 77,
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              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 4407.3
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              "key": "qa_testing",
              "label": "QA and testing",
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              "applications": 105,
              "candidate_demand": 649,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 229.3
            },
            {
              "key": "medical_billing",
              "label": "Medical billing",
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              "active_jobs": 1124,
              "applications": 96,
              "candidate_demand": 44,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2554.5
            },
            {
              "key": "writing_content",
              "label": "Writing and content",
              "new_jobs": 831,
              "active_jobs": 1038,
              "applications": 78,
              "candidate_demand": 2091,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 49.6
            },
            {
              "key": "accounting",
              "label": "Accounting",
              "new_jobs": 781,
              "active_jobs": 954,
              "applications": 43,
              "candidate_demand": 101,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 944.6
            },
            {
              "key": "frontend",
              "label": "Frontend",
              "new_jobs": 540,
              "active_jobs": 705,
              "applications": 72,
              "candidate_demand": 1630,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 43.3
            },
            {
              "key": "administrative",
              "label": "Administrative and data entry",
              "new_jobs": 544,
              "active_jobs": 630,
              "applications": 37,
              "candidate_demand": 2633,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 23.9
            },
            {
              "key": "mobile",
              "label": "Mobile engineering",
              "new_jobs": 458,
              "active_jobs": 604,
              "applications": 25,
              "candidate_demand": 308,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 196.1
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 444,
              "active_jobs": 464,
              "applications": 49,
              "candidate_demand": 21,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2209.5
            },
            {
              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 266,
              "active_jobs": 305,
              "applications": 9,
              "candidate_demand": 21,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1452.4
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 5118
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 767
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 401
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 195
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 151
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 142
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 127
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 123
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 114
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 100
            },
            {
              "label": "Poland",
              "active_jobs": 87
            },
            {
              "label": "Brazil",
              "active_jobs": 80
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 44.3,
              "active_jobs": 3210
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 20.2,
              "active_jobs": 1462
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 19.2,
              "active_jobs": 1392
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 10.7,
              "active_jobs": 776
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 3.7,
              "active_jobs": 266
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 1.9,
              "active_jobs": 137
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 3.4,
              "active_jobs": 245
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 8.3,
              "active_jobs": 603
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 65.6,
              "active_jobs": 4749
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 19.3,
              "active_jobs": 1396
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 3.5,
              "active_jobs": 250
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 9.0,
              "active_jobs": 651
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 6.9,
              "active_jobs": 503
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 6.9,
              "active_jobs": 498
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 5.3,
              "active_jobs": 387
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 3.8,
              "active_jobs": 276
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 3.2,
              "active_jobs": 234
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 2.9,
              "active_jobs": 212
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 2.8,
              "active_jobs": 203
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.7,
              "active_jobs": 193
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Edmonton",
              "percent": 2.2,
              "active_jobs": 158
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.2,
              "active_jobs": 156
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 2.1,
              "active_jobs": 149
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 15.1,
              "active_jobs": 576
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 9.5,
              "active_jobs": 362
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 23.1,
              "active_jobs": 882
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 24.7,
              "active_jobs": 941
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 27.6,
              "active_jobs": 1052
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-26, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-26)."
}