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  "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": "2026-08-29",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-07-30",
    "period_end": "2026-08-29",
    "published_at": "2026-08-29 12:45:47.290407+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-29 12:32:04.106661+00:00",
    "headline": "7,986 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +206.1% from the previous window; 53.3% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 7986,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-29",
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          "key": "salary_transparency",
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            },
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            },
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            },
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            },
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            },
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              "period": "2026-08-19"
            },
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            }
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              "key": "medical_billing",
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              "key": "accounting",
              "label": "Accounting",
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              "active_jobs": 1042,
              "applications": 44,
              "candidate_demand": 104,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1001.9
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              "label": "Frontend",
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              "active_jobs": 759,
              "applications": 73,
              "candidate_demand": 1639,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 46.3
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            {
              "key": "administrative",
              "label": "Administrative and data entry",
              "new_jobs": 590,
              "active_jobs": 688,
              "applications": 38,
              "candidate_demand": 2647,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 26.0
            },
            {
              "key": "mobile",
              "label": "Mobile engineering",
              "new_jobs": 488,
              "active_jobs": 649,
              "applications": 25,
              "candidate_demand": 308,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 210.7
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 464,
              "active_jobs": 491,
              "applications": 49,
              "candidate_demand": 24,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2045.8
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              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 273,
              "active_jobs": 315,
              "applications": 13,
              "candidate_demand": 27,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1166.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 5682
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 844
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 445
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 210
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 166
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 153
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 144
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 138
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 122
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 114
            },
            {
              "label": "Poland",
              "active_jobs": 100
            },
            {
              "label": "Brazil",
              "active_jobs": 94
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 44.2,
              "active_jobs": 3528
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 19.8,
              "active_jobs": 1585
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 19.0,
              "active_jobs": 1518
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 11.3,
              "active_jobs": 906
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 3.7,
              "active_jobs": 293
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 156
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 3.2,
              "active_jobs": 256
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 8.2,
              "active_jobs": 654
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 66.1,
              "active_jobs": 5280
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 19.4,
              "active_jobs": 1551
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 3.1,
              "active_jobs": 245
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 9.3,
              "active_jobs": 740
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 7.2,
              "active_jobs": 575
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 7.0,
              "active_jobs": 563
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 5.4,
              "active_jobs": 428
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 4.1,
              "active_jobs": 330
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 3.3,
              "active_jobs": 262
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 3.0,
              "active_jobs": 236
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 2.9,
              "active_jobs": 230
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.6,
              "active_jobs": 208
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.3,
              "active_jobs": 187
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Edmonton",
              "percent": 2.3,
              "active_jobs": 186
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 158
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 14.5,
              "active_jobs": 615
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 9.5,
              "active_jobs": 405
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 22.6,
              "active_jobs": 963
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 25.1,
              "active_jobs": 1068
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 28.3,
              "active_jobs": 1205
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-29, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-29)."
}