City ProfileBoulder · Colorado · US
Boulder
Boulder hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Colorado.
Postings · Sep 2026+29%3-mo momentum
7
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
2 low3-mo avg · 59.6667 high
Rank · US
#9of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+31 pts vs US
Share of US postings
2.4%7 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Rising+29% 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 6 Boulder postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
31 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 average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Cockroachdb tops Boulder's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 57 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 Sep 2026)
Role mix · Boulder vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
BoulderUS baseline