# The job market right now, in live data
URL: https://tolta.ai/data
Updated: 2026-10-28 · Source: careers pages of 136 companies, read daily by Tolta

Open roles tracked: 29,032. New in the last 7 days: 831. Closed in the last 7 days: 1,684.

## Is the job market getting better?

Not this week. In the 7 days to October 28, 2026, companies opened 831 new roles and closed 1,684, a net drop of 853. New roles were up 35% on the week before.

## Which jobs are in demand right now?

Engineering, Sales and Healthcare have the most open roles right now. Business Operations grew fastest, with 46% more new roles than the week before.

- Engineering: 5,715 open roles, 238 new this week
- Sales: 2,993 open roles, 95 new this week
- Healthcare: 1,992 open roles, 39 new this week
- Retail: 1,825 open roles, 19 new this week
- Business Operations: 1,727 open roles, 54 new this week
- Manufacturing & Trades: 1,244 open roles, 22 new this week
- Customer Success & Support: 1,235 open roles, 36 new this week
- Research & Science: 1,232 open roles, 3 new this week
- Data & AI: 1,200 open roles, 56 new this week
- Culinary & Hospitality: 1,198 open roles, 10 new this week
- Marketing & Communications: 1,137 open roles, 37 new this week
- Finance & Accounting: 1,062 open roles, 28 new this week

## How many jobs are remote?

11% of open roles that say how the work is done are remote. 83% of remote roles are limited to one country and 6% to time zones. The rest name several countries or a region, or give no limit; few say they are open worldwide.

## How long do job postings stay up?

The median open role has been posted for 35 days. 27% went up in the last two weeks, and 37% have been up for more than 60 days.

## What day are most jobs posted?

Tuesday. 23% of roles posted in the last 90 days went up on a Tuesday, and 3% over the weekend.

## How many jobs list the salary?

41% of open roles in the United States list a pay range, against 1% in India.

- United States: 41% of 13,834 open roles
- United Kingdom: 2% of 2,132 open roles
- France: 2% of 2,034 open roles
- Germany: 2% of 1,041 open roles
- India: 1% of 1,030 open roles
- Canada: 21% of 601 open roles
- Brazil: 1% of 496 open roles
- Ireland: 1% of 476 open roles
- Spain: 1% of 430 open roles
- Australia: 1% of 392 open roles
- Portugal: 41% of 377 open roles
- Singapore: 3% of 370 open roles
- Netherlands: 1% of 326 open roles

## What US roles pay (annual base, posted ranges)

- Data & AI: median $265k, middle half $196k–$340k (246 roles)
- Product: median $222k, middle half $200k–$263k (126 roles)
- Engineering: median $213k, middle half $168k–$264k (1,917 roles)
- Security: median $204k, middle half $152k–$275k (168 roles)
- Legal & Compliance: median $203k, middle half $153k–$263k (165 roles)
- Design: median $195k, middle half $145k–$240k (97 roles)
- Consulting & Professional Services: median $194k, middle half $120k–$250k (85 roles)
- Sales: median $182k, middle half $115k–$250k (382 roles)
- Business Operations: median $178k, middle half $134k–$230k (335 roles)
- People & HR: median $175k, middle half $138k–$206k (149 roles)
- Finance & Accounting: median $171k, middle half $130k–$215k (175 roles)
- Supply Chain & Logistics: median $165k, middle half $121k–$215k (71 roles)
- Customer Success & Support: median $158k, middle half $110k–$203k (111 roles)
- Manufacturing & Trades: median $155k, middle half $112k–$190k (107 roles)
- IT & Support: median $148k, middle half $117k–$203k (44 roles)
- Marketing & Communications: median $131k, middle half $46k–$194k (370 roles)
- Healthcare: median $73k, middle half $59k–$98k (138 roles)
- Education & Training: median $65k, middle half $65k–$126k (69 roles)

## Frequently asked questions

### How is the job market right now?

Not this week. In the 7 days to October 28, 2026, companies opened 831 new roles and closed 1,684, a net drop of 853. New roles were up 35% on the week before. These counts come from the careers pages of 136 companies Tolta reads every day.

### Is the job market getting better?

This week more roles closed than opened (a net drop of 853). One week is not a trend, so check back: this page updates every day.

### Which jobs are in demand right now?

Engineering, Sales and Healthcare have the most open roles right now. Business Operations grew fastest, with 46% more new roles than the week before.

### How long do job postings stay up?

The median open role has been posted for 35 days. 27% went up in the last two weeks, and 37% have been up for more than 60 days. A role that stays up for months is not always fake: senior and specialist roles take longer to fill, and some postings are evergreen.

### What day are most jobs posted?

Tuesday. 23% of roles posted in the last 90 days went up on a Tuesday, and 3% over the weekend.

### How many jobs list the salary?

41% of open roles in the United States list a pay range, against 1% in India.

### Which companies are fully remote?

At 16 of the companies Tolta tracks, at least 75% of the open roles that say how the work is done are remote. The full list is at https://tolta.ai/data/remote-companies.

### Where does this data come from?

From the public careers pages of 136 companies, read every day. Tolta does not use job aggregators or reposted listings, and each role counts once.

Method: a role opens the day it first appears on a careers page and closes the day it comes down. Roles a company already had when Tolta started reading its board are not counted as new. Groups under 30 roles are not shown.