City ProfilePhiladelphia · Pennsylvania · US
Philadelphia
Philadelphia hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Pennsylvania.
Postings · Aug 20260%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 25.3333 high
Rank · US
#26of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
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Share of US postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Flat0% 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 Philadelphia.
Median bands from the 10 Philadelphia postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
52 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 cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1157% rem.
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Trailing 12 months · Philadelphia vs US
Philadelphia18% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Android tops Philadelphia's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 18 Philadelphia hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Philadelphia vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
PhiladelphiaUS baseline