We Analyzed 140,000 Live Job Listings. Here's Who's Actually Hiring.

Engineering is the largest category at 30% of listings, but it's not as dominant as most people assume. Operations (25%) and Sales (17%) are close behind, and HR roles (17%) are surprisingly abundant.

The takeaway: if you're only applying to engineering roles, you're competing in the most crowded pool. Operations, sales, and HR have comparable volume with likely less competition per listing.

Despite pay transparency laws in California, Colorado, New York, and Washington, 81% of job listings still don't include compensation. Companies like Apple and Amazon are starting to include salary ranges in their job descriptions (required by state law), but most employers still leave it blank.

When salary IS listed, here's what we see in the data:

• Senior Engineering roles: $150k–$220k is the typical listed range
• Mid-level roles across domains: $80k–$130k
• Healthcare roles with salary listed tend to be higher than average — $90k–$160k for specialized positions
• Government roles (USAJobs) almost always include pay grade — the most transparent sector

Tip: if a listing doesn't include salary, check if the company has other listings in pay-transparency states. Those ranges often apply company-wide.

Remote roles make up a smaller portion of total listings than most job seekers expect. While remote-friendly companies get outsized attention online, the majority of open positions still require in-person or hybrid presence.

The sectors with the most remote listings are engineering, data/analytics, and marketing — roles where the output is digital and collaboration is async. Healthcare, manufacturing, operations, and retail remain overwhelmingly in-person.

What this means for you: if you're filtering for "remote only," you're competing for a much smaller pool. Consider hybrid roles or "flexible" listings as a bridge — many companies with hybrid policies let employees work from home 3–4 days/week in practice.

83% of the listings we track mention 6 or more distinct skills. Only 4% have zero extractable skills — those tend to be brief postings with vague descriptions (and are usually lower-quality opportunities).

The average job description is 3,475 characters — roughly a page and a half. Longer descriptions correlate with more skills listed, clearer requirements, and higher quality matches. If a listing is a single paragraph, it's probably not worth your time.

Many of the best job listings never appear on Indeed or LinkedIn. Companies like Apple, Amazon, and Salesforce post exclusively to their own career portals. We pull directly from these sources:

These are sourced through their ATS platforms — Greenhouse, Workday, Lever, Ashby, SmartRecruiters — and in some cases (Apple, Amazon) their proprietary career sites.

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