What 127,582 remote job postings actually say
2.1% of "remote" jobs are truly work-from-anywhere
As of Oct 27, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC — the timestamp of the nightly analysis below — only2,677 of 127,582 postings (2.1%) listno country restriction at all. The rest are remote-with-a-catch: you need the right to work in a specific country, or you must overlap a timezone band. If you're filtering for genuine work-from-anywhere, the effective market is about 2,677 roles — not 127,582. For the count as of right now, use the live filter: browse them in the ✦ work-from-anywhere index →(that page and the board filter show the current index; this page is a dated snapshot).
Median pay by function
Computed from postings that state a salary (ranges take the low end). Disclosure varies wildly by function — from 94.8% in Startupsto under 30% elsewhere — so treat these as medians of jobs that disclose.
| Function | Median | Middle 50% | Discloses salary | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering | $150k | $129k – $200k | 20.1% | 104 |
| Startups | $130k | $98k – $162k | 94.8% | 365 |
| Developer | $120k | $85k – $155k | 38.6% | 3,664 |
| Product | $120k | $90k – $154k | 41.9% | 939 |
| IT | $120k | $60k – $150k | 24.9% | 291 |
| Hardware Engineer | $109k | $80k – $131k | 50.4% | 199 |
| Data Science | $108k | $80k – $140k | 47.6% | 819 |
| Legal | $105k | $69k – $155k | 55.7% | 330 |
| Sales | $100k | $65k – $144k | 47.8% | 3,954 |
| Design | $100k | $66k – $141k | 32.8% | 337 |
| Marketing | $95k | $63k – $130k | 43.6% | 1,177 |
| Operations | $89k | $60k – $120k | 45.2% | 1,078 |
| Finance | $85k | $60k – $117k | 49% | 857 |
| Healthcare | $78k | $56k – $116k | 59.4% | 335 |
| Business Development | $78k | $60k – $130k | 33.1% | 141 |
| Human Resources | $75k | $40k – $110k | 46.4% | 667 |
| Full-time | $73k | $45k – $100k | 7.9% | 130 |
| Customer Service | $70k | $42k – $100k | 50.4% | 946 |
| Content Creator | $65k | $35k – $86k | 43.1% | 216 |
Who is hiring
Remote hiring is a long tail, not a winner-take-all market: the top 5 employers hold just6.8% of all postings, and 4,594 companies are hiring across 3+ different functions at once. The market turns over fast —12,744 postings appeared in the last 7 days (53,972 in 30).
Top categories
Method
Source: the RemoShift index — 127,582 active postings aggregated from 24 sources (employer ATS boards including Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters and Workable, plus remote-first job boards). Postings expire automatically after 120 days, so nothing stale is counted. "Remote" reflects the source's classification. "Work-from-anywhere" means the posting lists no country restriction — the strict reading. Salary figures parse the posting's own salary text; only postings that state one are counted, which skews toward higher-paying functions (disclosure itself correlates with pay). Numbers refresh nightly as the index updates — cite this page for the current figures.
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