{
  "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": "2026-08-27",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-07-28",
    "period_end": "2026-08-27",
    "published_at": "2026-08-27 12:45:46.581608+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-27 12:32:15.548983+00:00",
    "headline": "7,475 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +197.5% from the previous window; 52.4% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 7475,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-27",
    "data": {
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            },
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              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
            {
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              "period": "2026-08-12"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-13"
            },
            {
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              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-15"
            },
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            },
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            },
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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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              "period": "2026-08-26"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-27"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "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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            },
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            },
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              "period": "2026-08-14"
            },
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              "value": 50.2,
              "period": "2026-08-15"
            },
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              "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"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-20"
            },
            {
              "value": 50.6,
              "period": "2026-08-21"
            },
            {
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              "period": "2026-08-22"
            },
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              "value": 52.5,
              "period": "2026-08-23"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-24"
            },
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            },
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              "period": "2026-08-26"
            },
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              "period": "2026-08-27"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "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": "2026-08-13"
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            },
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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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          "change": 213,
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          "label": "Hiring companies",
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              "key": "operations",
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              "key": "data",
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              "key": "finance",
              "label": "Finance and investments",
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              "key": "legal",
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              "applications": 133,
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              "key": "education",
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              "key": "hr_recruiting",
              "label": "HR and recruiting",
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              "key": "patient_support",
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              "active_jobs": 1858,
              "applications": 81,
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            },
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              "key": "qa_testing",
              "label": "QA and testing",
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              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 233.5
            },
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              "key": "medical_billing",
              "label": "Medical billing",
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              "active_jobs": 1157,
              "applications": 98,
              "candidate_demand": 46,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2515.2
            },
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              "key": "writing_content",
              "label": "Writing and content",
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              "active_jobs": 1079,
              "applications": 81,
              "candidate_demand": 2091,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 51.6
            },
            {
              "key": "accounting",
              "label": "Accounting",
              "new_jobs": 805,
              "active_jobs": 975,
              "applications": 42,
              "candidate_demand": 101,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 965.3
            },
            {
              "key": "frontend",
              "label": "Frontend",
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              "active_jobs": 721,
              "applications": 72,
              "candidate_demand": 1631,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 44.2
            },
            {
              "key": "administrative",
              "label": "Administrative and data entry",
              "new_jobs": 565,
              "active_jobs": 650,
              "applications": 38,
              "candidate_demand": 2639,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 24.6
            },
            {
              "key": "mobile",
              "label": "Mobile engineering",
              "new_jobs": 479,
              "active_jobs": 625,
              "applications": 25,
              "candidate_demand": 308,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 202.9
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 461,
              "active_jobs": 481,
              "applications": 50,
              "candidate_demand": 24,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2004.2
            },
            {
              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 274,
              "active_jobs": 313,
              "applications": 10,
              "candidate_demand": 25,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1252.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 5272
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 817
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 425
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 204
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 160
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 143
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 131
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 127
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 120
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 108
            },
            {
              "label": "Poland",
              "active_jobs": 82
            },
            {
              "label": "Brazil",
              "active_jobs": 78
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 44.2,
              "active_jobs": 3307
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 20.0,
              "active_jobs": 1496
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 19.3,
              "active_jobs": 1440
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 10.6,
              "active_jobs": 795
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 3.8,
              "active_jobs": 287
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 150
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 3.4,
              "active_jobs": 252
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 8.4,
              "active_jobs": 630
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 65.2,
              "active_jobs": 4876
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 19.6,
              "active_jobs": 1468
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 3.3,
              "active_jobs": 249
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 8.5,
              "active_jobs": 638
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 6.7,
              "active_jobs": 504
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 6.5,
              "active_jobs": 483
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 5.0,
              "active_jobs": 373
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 3.7,
              "active_jobs": 277
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 3.4,
              "active_jobs": 252
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 3.0,
              "active_jobs": 223
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 2.7,
              "active_jobs": 202
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.5,
              "active_jobs": 186
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.5,
              "active_jobs": 186
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Edmonton",
              "percent": 2.1,
              "active_jobs": 154
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 1.9,
              "active_jobs": 139
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 15.1,
              "active_jobs": 592
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 9.5,
              "active_jobs": 373
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 23.2,
              "active_jobs": 909
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 24.5,
              "active_jobs": 961
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 27.6,
              "active_jobs": 1081
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-27, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-27)."
}