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Houston hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Texas.

Postings · May 20260%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
0 low3-mo avg: 11.6667 high
Rank · US
#30of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of US postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% vs prior 3 mo
§ 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 yearPeak year
All-time postings
898since 2011 · 182 months
0% YoY2025 vs 2024
72
'22
29
'23
15
'24
15
'25
2
'26
All-time total
898182 months
↑ Best year
2021142
↓ Worst full year
202415
Latest full year
20250% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Houston.

Median bands from the 22 Houston postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=6 · need 10
Senior— n=6

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Senior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

21 points less remote-friendly than the US baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
50%
−21 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
25%
Hybrid
25%
Onsite-only
50%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
33% rem.
'13
24% rem.
'14
0% rem.
'15
9% rem.
'16
17% rem.
'17
24% rem.
'18
67% rem.
'19
58% rem.
'20
57% rem.
'21
93% rem.
'22
93% rem.
'23
69% rem.
'24
86% rem.
'25
93% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Houston vs US
Houston50% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Make tops Houston's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 4 Houston hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillMake
1mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2525% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Make—1
02Python−25%1
03R—1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
    Cooling↘
    • 01Python−25%

    75% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

    Role mix · Houston vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    HoustonUS baseline
    Data Ml
    over-indexed
    29%
    12%
    +17 pts2.4×
    Design
    match
    5%
    3%
    +2 pts1.8×
    Engineering
    match
    54%
    69%
    −16 pts0.8×
    Executive
    match
    2%
    2%
    +1 pts1.6×
    Finance Accounting
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Healthcare
    match
    2%
    0%
    +2 pts49.4×
    Legal Compliance
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Operations
    over-indexed
    7%
    1%
    +6 pts7.0×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Product
    under-indexed
    0%
    4%
    −4 pts0.0×
    Sales
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    About this page

    Houston postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

    Caveats
    • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
    • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
    • ·Comparisons against the US baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.