City ProfileSan Diego · California · US
San Diego
San Diego hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in California.
Postings · Sep 2026+133%3-mo momentum
3
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
1 low3-mo avg · 22.6667 high
Rank · US
#12of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%−69 pts vs US
Share of US postings
1.0%3 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Rising+133% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the US baseline since the 2025 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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in San Diego.
Median bands from the 15 San Diego postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
24 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 '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1150% rem.
'1250% rem.
'1386% rem.
'1458% rem.
'1539% rem.
'1640% rem.
'1727% rem.
'1818% rem.
'1932% rem.
'2059% rem.
'2196% rem.
'2299% rem.
'2346% rem.
'2435% rem.
'2588% rem.
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Trailing 12 months · San Diego vs US
San Diego45% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Python tops San Diego's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 22 San Diego hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
55% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · San Diego vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
San DiegoUS baseline