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New York

The most industry-diverse hiring market in the index. Fintech and media are structural anchors, but engineering and data roles span a wider range of verticals here than in any other tracked city.

Postings · Sep 2026−45%3-mo momentum
78
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
78.3333 low3-mo avg · 133164.3333 high
Rank · US
#2of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
64%−5 pts vs US
Share of US postings
26.4%78 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Falling−45% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Consistently second in US volume; the gap to San Francisco has narrowed over time.

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
32,705since 2011 · 186 months
+36% YoY2025 vs 2024
2301
'22
1027
'23
1121
'24
1520
'25
1094
'26
All-time total
32,705186 months
↑ Best year
20193782
↓ Worst full year
2012893
Latest full year
2025+36% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Pays 6% over Washington DC for senior eng.

Median bands from the 483 New York postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD190K
+6%vs Washington DC
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=9
Mid— n=5
Senior$170k – $200k n=166
Staff+$195k – $238k n=108

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

Senior eng median · US peer cities · 2023–Present
Where New York sits in the US distribution
CityMedianvs New York
01
San Francisco
$190k0%
02
New Yorkyou are here
$190k—
03
Atlanta
$183k−4.0%
04
Seattle
$182k−4.5%
05
Washington DC
$180k−5.3%

2023–Present disclosed pay only

§ 02Work Model

13 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
56%
−13 ptsvs US · 69%
Remote
20%
Hybrid
36%
Onsite-only
44%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
67% rem.
'12
67% rem.
'13
68% rem.
'14
70% rem.
'15
32% rem.
'16
29% rem.
'17
23% rem.
'18
24% rem.
'19
31% rem.
'20
60% rem.
'21
88% rem.
'22
93% rem.
'23
84% rem.
'24
76% rem.
'25
67% rem.
'26
55% rem.
Trailing 12 months · New York vs US
New York56% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Fintech and media anchor it, but the mix is broader than any other city.

Keywords counted across 1587 New York hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
514mentions↑ 24%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2532% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+24%514
02TypeScript+9%441
03React−1%400
04Amazon Web Services (AWS)+24%259
05PostgreSQL+29%239
06Kubernetes+67%194
07Rust+77%182
08Google Cloud+21%173
09Node.js+72%152
10Go−17%148
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01GitHub+662%
  • 02Hugging Face (Transformers)+633%
  • 03Linux (non-WSL)+618%
  • 04CI/CD+204%
Cooling↘
  • 01Make−43%
  • 02Machine Learning−36%
  • 03C−33%
  • 04React Native−26%

73% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

Role mix · New York vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
New YorkUS baseline
Data Ml
match
15%
13%
+2 pts1.2×
Design
match
2%
3%
−0 pts0.9×
Engineering
match
70%
69%
+1 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
2%
−0 pts0.7×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.7×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.5×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.9×
Marketing
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Operations
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.5×
Other
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Product
match
5%
4%
0 pts1.0×
Sales
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.8×
§ 04Similar Cities

Where else looks like New York?

Cosine similarity across role mix, work-model split, and skill profile.

CityMatchPosts/moRemote%Sr. median
01
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.98
14648%$190k02
LondonGB
0.97
4841%$110k03
SeattleWashington · US
0.96
2073%$182k04
AustinTexas · US
0.93
1750%—05
Los AngelesCalifornia · US
0.92
1716%—

Match score = cosine similarity over (category share, work-model split, top-50 skill share)