Job Market Pulse
Job Market Pulse — August 2026
Data retrieved August 1, 2026 UTC · third edition
A dated snapshot of the job postings dataset behind the API — read first-party from 13 applicant tracking systems, normalized into one schema. Active postings fell to 260,353 (−10,799 vs July), and hiring companies contracted to 19,292 (−187 vs July). Remote share edged back up 0.9 percentage points to 23.5%, matching the June baseline; salary disclosure climbed 1.5pp to 34.3%. Free to read, free to cite.
The numbers
Active postings
260,353
−10,799 vs July
Hiring companies
19,292
−187 vs July
Salary disclosed
34.3%
+1.5pp vs July
Remote share
23.5%
+0.9pp vs July
Where the jobs are
The eight largest role categories by active postings, each a queryable filter on the API.
| Category | Active postings | Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering | 32,943 | 37.6% |
| Business & Operations | 22,942 | 24.5% |
| Healthcare | 22,536 | 10.6% |
| Sales & Account Management | 20,627 | 38.8% |
| Skilled Trades & Field Roles | 18,455 | 5.5% |
| Hospitality & Retail | 13,922 | 3.0% |
| Finance, Legal & Compliance | 12,298 | 29.1% |
| Engineering (Non-Software) | 8,350 | 19.4% |
The top eight categories hold 152,073 postings — 58.4% of all 260,353 active listings. Software Engineering leads at 32,943 postings, 12.7% of the total, up 484 from July. Healthcare shed 3,215 postings month over month (25,751 → 22,536), the largest absolute decline among the top eight, dropping it from second to third. Business & Operations moved into second with 22,942, down 835 from July's 23,777.
Remote availability continues to split by role type. Sales & Account Management (38.8%) and Software Engineering (37.6%) run well above the dataset-wide 23.5% remote share, while Hospitality & Retail (3.0%) and Skilled Trades & Field Roles (5.5%) remain nearly entirely on-site.
Top 10 countries: United States (126,233) · United Kingdom (18,291) · Germany (12,010) · France (10,043) · Canada (9,086) · India (7,509) · The Netherlands (5,602) · Brazil (3,827) · Spain (3,725) · Australia (3,660)
The United States added 4,218 postings month over month (122,015 → 126,233), the largest absolute country-level gain this period. The United Kingdom dropped sharply from 22,569 to 18,291 (−4,278 MoM), the largest absolute decline. Brazil climbed from tenth (3,566) to eighth (3,827), moving ahead of Spain (3,725) and Australia (3,660).
Remote work
23.5% of active postings are marked remote, up 0.9 percentage points from July's 22.6% and back in line with June's 23.5%. The figure is derived from the structured location resolved on each posting rather than from free-text title matching. A posting only counts as remote when its resolved location says so, making this a floor on real remote availability — what employers actually declare.
The category breakdown in the table above continues to show the same structural pattern: remote share concentrates in knowledge-work roles (Software Engineering at 37.6%, Sales & Account Management at 38.8%) and stays near zero in location-dependent categories. The dataset-wide rate reflects that mix rather than a uniform shift across all role types.
Pay transparency
34.3% of active postings disclose a salary, up 1.5 percentage points from July's 32.8%. The figure reflects only what employers actually publish — salary is never inferred or estimated — so it is a floor on real pay transparency, not a model of it.
This is a single dataset-wide rate. The breakdown does not carry disclosure per category, so this edition reports the global number only and makes no per-category claim. The 1.5pp increase from July is the first meaningful movement after two months at 32.8%, bringing the rate to its highest point across the three editions.
Method & citation
- Computed directly from the live Job Listings API dataset — the same records the API returns.
- Counts cover a rolling 21-day active window; postings older than that drop out.
- Read first-party from 13 applicant tracking systems, never scraped from aggregators.
- LinkedIn is not a source and is not included in any figure here.
- Salary disclosure reflects what employers actually post — salary is never inferred or estimated.
- Remote share is derived from the structured location resolved on each posting.
- Figures are a one-time snapshot retrieved August 1, 2026 UTC; they are not refreshed after publication.
Cite this report
Journalists and researchers: cite freely with a link.
Job Listings API — Job Market Pulse, August 2026. https://joblistingsapi.com/stats/reports/august-2026