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What US jobs pay, and where the openings are
Look up the pay advertised for your type of work in your state, from live postings on company career sites and job boards.
- Live US job postings
- 2,776,068
- Fully remote
- 5.2%
- Remote jobs open to US workers, out of 2,776,068 US job postings
Figures as of .
As of October 21, 2026, BespokeJobs counts 2,776,068 live US job postings, 5.2% of them fully remote. Healthcare has the most openings of any job type, and employers in retail and consumer brands post the most of any industry.
California has the most postings of any state, at 10.6% of the US postings located in one state, followed by Texas at 9.3%. Frontend has the highest fully remote share of any job type, at 29.7% of its US postings, compared with 5.2% of all US postings. 23.9% of US job postings list pay, and the advertised pay figures come from those 663,620 postings.
Most openings, by job type
Share of the 2,710,502 US postings we could classify by role, as of October 21, 2026.
| Job type | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 17.9% | 485,067 |
| Retail | 15.2% | 411,152 |
| Food and hospitality | 9.6% | 260,515 |
| Sales | 5.9% | 159,246 |
| Skilled trades | 5.7% | 155,825 |
| Operations | 4.9% | 131,716 |
| Engineering | 4.7% | 126,094 |
| Finance | 4.4% | 120,036 |
Most openings, by employer industry
Share of the 2,753,771 US postings whose employer we could place in an industry, as of October 21, 2026. Every role an employer posts counts toward its industry.
| Industry | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Retail and consumer brands | 19.8% | 544,681 |
| Healthcare | 17.8% | 489,889 |
| Hospitality, food service and leisure | 9.8% | 270,777 |
| Education | 5.6% | 153,076 |
| Manufacturing and consumer goods | 4.4% | 120,209 |
| Professional services | 4.2% | 116,033 |
| Banking and financial services | 4.1% | 113,428 |
| Software and internet | 3.7% | 101,852 |