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Pittsburgh

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

Postings · Jun 2026−80%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 Jun '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−80% 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 · 183 months
−76% YoY2025 vs 2024
134
'22
50
'23
54
'24
13
'25
6
'26
All-time total
1,408183 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

49 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%
−49 ptsvs US · 71%
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 average71% 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 211%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2578% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Android+211%14
02iOS+211%14
03Machine Learning+256%10
04Python7
05PostgreSQL+7%6
06Kubernetes5
07Amazon Web Services (AWS)−29%4
08Kotlin4
09Swift4
10Terraform4
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Machine Learning+256%
  • 02Android+211%
  • 03iOS+211%
  • 04PostgreSQL+7%
Cooling
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−29%
  • 02TypeScript−29%

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

Role mix · Pittsburgh vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
PittsburghUS baseline
Data Ml
match
10%
12%
−3 pts0.8×
Design
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.8×
Engineering
match
78%
69%
+9 pts1.1×
Executive
match
2%
2%
+1 pts1.4×
Finance Accounting
match
1%
0%
+1 pts4.6×
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 pts0.7×
Product
under-indexed
1%
4%
−3 pts0.2×
Sales
match
2%
3%
−0 pts0.8×