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Houston
Houston hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Texas.
Postings · Sep 2026
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 00.6667 high
Rank · US
#19of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+31 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.3%1 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Flat—
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the US baseline since the 2023 trough.
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 Houston.
Median bands from the 13 Houston postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
29 points less 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 is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1233% rem.
'1324% rem.
'140% rem.
'159% rem.
'1617% rem.
'1724% rem.
'1867% rem.
'1958% rem.
'2057% rem.
'2193% rem.
'2293% rem.
'2369% rem.
'2486% rem.
'2593% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Houston vs US
Houston40% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Go tops Houston's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 5 Houston hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
80% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Houston vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
HoustonUS baseline