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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Pennsylvania.

Postings · Sep 2026−100%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 14.3333 high
Rank · US
#23of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of US postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−100% 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
All-time postings
1,408since 2011 · 186 months
−76% YoY2025 vs 2024
134
'22
50
'23
54
'24
13
'25
6
'26
All-time total
1,408186 months
↑ Best year
2020277
↓ Worst full year
202513
Latest full year
2025−76% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Pittsburgh.

Median bands from the 12 Pittsburgh postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

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

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

§ 02Work Model

47 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
22%
−47 ptsvs US · 69%
Remote
22%
Hybrid
0%
Onsite-only
78%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
100% rem.
'12
80% rem.
'13
50% rem.
'14
100% rem.
'15
40% rem.
'16
0% rem.
'17
27% rem.
'18
20% rem.
'19
21% rem.
'20
43% rem.
'21
67% rem.
'22
82% rem.
'23
100% rem.
'24
90% rem.
'25
23% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Pittsburgh vs US
Pittsburgh22% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Android tops Pittsburgh's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 18 Pittsburgh hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillAndroid
14mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2578% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Android—14
02iOS—14
03Machine Learning+11%10
04Python—7
05PostgreSQL+67%6
06Kubernetes—5
07Amazon Web Services (AWS)+11%4
08Kotlin—4
09Swift—4
10Terraform—4
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01PostgreSQL+67%
  • 02Machine Learning+11%
  • 03Amazon Web Services (AWS)+11%
  • 04TypeScript+11%
Cooling↘

    100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

    Role mix · Pittsburgh vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    PittsburghUS baseline
    Data Ml
    match
    11%
    13%
    −1 pts0.9×
    Design
    match
    2%
    3%
    −0 pts0.9×
    Engineering
    match
    78%
    69%
    +9 pts1.1×
    Executive
    match
    2%
    2%
    +1 pts1.6×
    Finance Accounting
    match
    1%
    0%
    +1 pts5.3×
    Healthcare
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Legal Compliance
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    match
    1%
    3%
    −2 pts0.4×
    Operations
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Other
    match
    2%
    3%
    −1 pts0.8×
    Product
    under-indexed
    1%
    4%
    −3 pts0.3×
    Sales
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×