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Evidence base · 231,145 active postings · 28,870 employers · 350 skills tracked · 2026-07-16
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What advertised postings reveal about entry-level experience, pay by Seeker level, and the remote-pay mirage. Sample sizes and full methodology shown.
244,504 postings · 3 validated findings · US-scoped pay
Read the researchA Correction: Our Seniority Pyramid Was Measuring Job Titles, Not Seniority
This page used to open with a clean number: 61% of active postings want senior or above, and product is the worst field for newcomers at roughly 69 senior openings per entry-level one. Checking that classifier against the postings themselves, both figures turn out to be reading job title vocabulary rather than seniority. The rule that assigns a seniority band treats any title containing the word manager as senior, so office manager, store manager, social media manager and product manager all count as senior openings. In product, 82% of everything the classifier called senior got there through the word manager. The direction of the original finding survives and the specific numbers do not, so the numbers are corrected here rather than quietly edited away.
61.0%
Previously published senior share
Retained on this page as the figure being corrected, not as a current claim
29.9%
Senior or above by job title
76,970 of 257,534 active postings name a senior, staff, principal, lead, head or director level in the title
1.33x to 3.98x
Classifier overcount, every source
The classifier exceeds the title-based count in all 17 sources, so this is not board mix
55.0%
Senior-band postings stating no requirement
55,419 of the 100,764 postings in the senior band state no years of experience at all
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A Correction: We Measured Freshness on a Sample of the Two Slowest Feeds
We Published a Metro Ranking From a Skewed Sample. The Full Corpus Inverts Both Findings.
A Correction: The Salary Apple Was Not Showing You, We Were Not Reading
A Correction: We Measured Our Connectors and Called It a Metro
Two Clocks Run on Every Job Posting, and They Disagree About What Is New
An Unlabelled Job Title Is Not an Entry-Level Job
A Correction: The 120-Character Job Posting Was Our Reading of It
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There Is Almost No Such Thing as a Nine-Year Job
29% of Every Posting We Have Ever Seen Is Already Dead. 'Active' Is Mostly an Assumption.
1,075 Different Job Titles All Describe 'Software Engineer'
Only 23.7% of Active Job Postings Disclose Pay
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Healthcare Asks for the Most Credentials and the Least Experience.
Engineering Isn't One Labor Market. React Is in 9.5% of Engineering Jobs and 76% of Front-End Jobs.
Every Industry Asks You to Prove Something Different. Except One Thing.
AWS Jobs Ask for Azure More Often Than They Ask for Kubernetes.
If You Already Know One Skill, the Postings Tell You Which One to Learn Next.
Graphic Design and Product Design Look Like One Career. The Data Says They're Two.
The Highest-Paid Skills in 2026, From 73,374 Job Postings That Disclosed Pay
The Engineering Skill That Unlocks the Most Jobs Is Not the One You Think
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We Analyzed 1,835 “Entry-Level” Job Postings. Most Still Demand Experience.
We Analyzed 30,245 Financial Analyst Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set the Role Apart.
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We Analyzed 25,066 Data Analyst Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set the Role Apart.
We Analyzed 19,956 Sales Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
We Analyzed 18,339 Marketing Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
We Analyzed 12,104 Healthcare Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
We Analyzed 1,562 Legal Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
We Analyzed 3,804 Product Manager Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
We Analyzed 2,177 Project Manager Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
We Analyzed 2,310 Accounting & Bookkeeping Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
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We Analyzed 1,764 Manufacturing & Skilled Trades Job Postings. Here Are the Skills That Set Them Apart.
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