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Minneapolis

Minneapolis hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Minnesota.

Postings · Aug 20260%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 01 high
Rank · US
#20of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+29 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.4%1 of 296
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 yearAll-time peak
All-time postings
645since 2011 · 185 months
+10% YoY2025 vs 2024
49
'22
8
'23
10
'24
11
'25
4
'26
All-time total
645185 months
↑ Best year
2018105
↓ Worst full year
20238
Latest full year
2025+10% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Minneapolis.

Median bands from the 11 Minneapolis postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=7 · need 10
Senior n=7
Staff+ n=1

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

§ 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.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
100%
+30 ptsvs US · 70%
Remote
50%
Hybrid
50%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '22
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
67% rem.
'13
75% rem.
'14
0% rem.
'15
51% rem.
'16
80% rem.
'17
71% rem.
'18
17% rem.
'19
80% rem.
'20
77% rem.
'21
91% rem.
'22
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Minneapolis vs US
Minneapolis100% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Amazon Web Services (AWS) tops Minneapolis's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 5 Minneapolis hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillAmazon Web Services (AWS)
1mentions 60%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2520% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−60%1
02Cloud Run1
03Cloudflare1
04Django1
05Docker1
06Git1
07Google Cloud1
08HTML/CSS1
09JavaScript1
10Make−60%1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Vue.js+20%
Cooling
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−60%
  • 02Make−60%
  • 03React−60%
  • 04TypeScript−60%

40% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · Minneapolis vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MinneapolisUS baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
4%
12%
−9 pts0.3×
Design
over-indexed
12%
3%
+9 pts4.2×
Engineering
match
77%
69%
+8 pts1.1×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−2 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Operations
match
0%
1%
−1 pts0.0×
Other
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.3×
Product
match
4%
4%
−1 pts0.9×
Sales
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×