City ProfileBoulder · Colorado · US
Boulder
Boulder hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Colorado.
Postings · Aug 2026−45%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
2 low3-mo avg · 610 high
Rank · US
#15of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+29 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.8%2 of 296
3-Mo momentum
Falling−45% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Pulling back alongside the US baseline.
Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.
Full yearPartial yearAll-time peak
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Boulder.
Median bands from the 5 Boulder postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
30 points more remote-friendly than the US baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share held the line through '24–'26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'110% rem.
'1237% rem.
'1389% rem.
'1486% rem.
'1537% rem.
'1654% rem.
'1724% rem.
'1833% rem.
'1928% rem.
'2050% rem.
'2189% rem.
'2285% rem.
'2381% rem.
'24100% rem.
'25100% rem.
'26100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Boulder vs US
Boulder100% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Cockroachdb tops Boulder's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 61 Boulder hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
95% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Boulder vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
BoulderUS baseline