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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": "2026-08-31",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-08-01",
    "period_end": "2026-08-31",
    "published_at": "2026-08-31 12:45:44.123318+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-08-31 12:33:06.709454+00:00",
    "headline": "8,102 active remote jobs in the latest 30-day window",
    "change_summary": "New-job volume changed +218.2% from the previous window; 53.4% of active listings include salary data.",
    "sample_size": 8102,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-31",
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            },
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            },
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            },
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            },
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              "period": "2026-08-31"
            }
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              "period": "2026-08-11"
            },
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              "key": "medical_billing",
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              "key": "writing_content",
              "label": "Writing and content",
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              "active_jobs": 1167,
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              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 55.7
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            {
              "key": "accounting",
              "label": "Accounting",
              "new_jobs": 854,
              "active_jobs": 1057,
              "applications": 51,
              "candidate_demand": 107,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 987.9
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              "key": "frontend",
              "label": "Frontend",
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              "active_jobs": 757,
              "applications": 71,
              "candidate_demand": 1644,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 46.0
            },
            {
              "key": "administrative",
              "label": "Administrative and data entry",
              "new_jobs": 594,
              "active_jobs": 699,
              "applications": 42,
              "candidate_demand": 2663,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 26.2
            },
            {
              "key": "mobile",
              "label": "Mobile engineering",
              "new_jobs": 493,
              "active_jobs": 663,
              "applications": 21,
              "candidate_demand": 309,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 214.6
            },
            {
              "key": "claims",
              "label": "Insurance claims",
              "new_jobs": 481,
              "active_jobs": 508,
              "applications": 48,
              "candidate_demand": 25,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 2032.0
            },
            {
              "key": "care_coordination",
              "label": "Care coordination",
              "new_jobs": 285,
              "active_jobs": 327,
              "applications": 13,
              "candidate_demand": 29,
              "jobs_per_100_candidates": 1127.6
            }
          ],
          "label": "By occupation"
        },
        {
          "key": "country",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "United States",
              "active_jobs": 5772
            },
            {
              "label": "Canada",
              "active_jobs": 857
            },
            {
              "label": "United Kingdom",
              "active_jobs": 444
            },
            {
              "label": "Germany",
              "active_jobs": 219
            },
            {
              "label": "India",
              "active_jobs": 172
            },
            {
              "label": "Mexico",
              "active_jobs": 156
            },
            {
              "label": "Spain",
              "active_jobs": 143
            },
            {
              "label": "Ireland",
              "active_jobs": 132
            },
            {
              "label": "US",
              "active_jobs": 123
            },
            {
              "label": "France",
              "active_jobs": 114
            },
            {
              "label": "Poland",
              "active_jobs": 96
            },
            {
              "label": "Brazil",
              "active_jobs": 91
            }
          ],
          "label": "By location"
        },
        {
          "key": "seniority",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Senior",
              "percent": 44.1,
              "active_jobs": 3576
            },
            {
              "label": "Mid level",
              "percent": 19.6,
              "active_jobs": 1590
            },
            {
              "label": "Not stated",
              "percent": 19.6,
              "active_jobs": 1588
            },
            {
              "label": "Lead / principal",
              "percent": 11.0,
              "active_jobs": 895
            },
            {
              "label": "Entry level",
              "percent": 3.6,
              "active_jobs": 288
            },
            {
              "label": "Executive",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 165
            }
          ],
          "label": "By seniority"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_access",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Worldwide",
              "percent": 3.2,
              "active_jobs": 262
            },
            {
              "label": "Multiple countries",
              "percent": 8.0,
              "active_jobs": 648
            },
            {
              "label": "United States only",
              "percent": 66.3,
              "active_jobs": 5374
            },
            {
              "label": "Single-country restricted",
              "percent": 19.3,
              "active_jobs": 1563
            },
            {
              "label": "Location not structured",
              "percent": 3.1,
              "active_jobs": 255
            }
          ],
          "label": "Worldwide vs restricted"
        },
        {
          "key": "timezone",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "America/New_York",
              "percent": 9.2,
              "active_jobs": 744
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Los_Angeles",
              "percent": 7.2,
              "active_jobs": 581
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Chicago",
              "percent": 7.1,
              "active_jobs": 578
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Denver",
              "percent": 5.5,
              "active_jobs": 444
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Toronto",
              "percent": 3.9,
              "active_jobs": 312
            },
            {
              "label": "US timezones",
              "percent": 3.4,
              "active_jobs": 272
            },
            {
              "label": "EST",
              "percent": 3.0,
              "active_jobs": 247
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Vancouver",
              "percent": 2.8,
              "active_jobs": 223
            },
            {
              "label": "Europe/London",
              "percent": 2.5,
              "active_jobs": 205
            },
            {
              "label": "PST",
              "percent": 2.4,
              "active_jobs": 195
            },
            {
              "label": "America/Edmonton",
              "percent": 2.2,
              "active_jobs": 176
            },
            {
              "label": "US/Eastern",
              "percent": 2.0,
              "active_jobs": 158
            }
          ],
          "label": "By timezone"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_band",
          "rows": [
            {
              "label": "Under $75k",
              "percent": 14.7,
              "active_jobs": 635
            },
            {
              "label": "$75k-$99k",
              "percent": 9.7,
              "active_jobs": 419
            },
            {
              "label": "$100k-$149k",
              "percent": 22.7,
              "active_jobs": 982
            },
            {
              "label": "$150k-$199k",
              "percent": 25.1,
              "active_jobs": 1086
            },
            {
              "label": "$200k+",
              "percent": 27.8,
              "active_jobs": 1205
            }
          ],
          "label": "By salary band"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote job availability and compensation, 2026-08-31, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-job-market/2026-08-31)."
}