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Remote work: how common it is, and what it pays

Most postings never say where the work is. Among those that do, remote dominates — and it pays more.

Key figures

Measure
Postings that state the arrangement5.9%of all postings
Remote (of those that state it)55.5%
Hybrid / on-site (of stated)36.7% / 7.8%
Remote vs on-site pay gap10.3%$105,894 vs $96,033
Remote-friendly (of all)3.3%many postings stay silent

Frequently asked

What share of postings are remote?

3.3% of all postings are remote-friendly; among postings that state an arrangement, remote is 55.5%.

Does remote pay more?

On stated USD pay, remote averages about 10.3% above non-remote.

Why is remote share so low overall?

94.1% of postings never state an arrangement, so the overall share understates remote work.

Sources & citation. Measured over the October 2026 edition record set — full-corpus pass (measured 2026-10-06), not a sample — and 25,080 probed links. The index holds 8,946,879 postings, 8,946,879 of them live with a full description. License CC BY 4.0. Data: JSON · CSV · data health · methodology.
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“Still listed” is a listing-age measure from the source publish date, not a verification that a role is open; link liveness is measured separately. The percentages are the October 2026 edition (full pass, measured 2026-10-06); the index counts are rebuilt by every nightly update, most recently 2026-11-11. Page generated 2026-11-11.