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San Diego

San Diego hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in California.

Postings · Jun 2026−57%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 Jun '26
1 low3-mo avg · 22.6667 high
Rank · US
#17of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
Share of US postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−57% 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
All-time postings
2,030since 2011 · 183 months
−79% YoY2025 vs 2024
115
'22
133
'23
82
'24
17
'25
10
'26
All-time total
2,030183 months
↑ Best year
2020322
↓ Worst full year
201216
Latest full year
2025−79% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in San Diego.

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

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=2 · need 10
Senior n=2
Staff+ n=2

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

§ 02Work Model

6 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
65%
−6 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
35%
Hybrid
29%
Onsite-only
35%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
50% rem.
'12
50% rem.
'13
86% rem.
'14
58% rem.
'15
39% rem.
'16
40% rem.
'17
27% rem.
'18
18% rem.
'19
32% rem.
'20
59% rem.
'21
96% rem.
'22
99% rem.
'23
46% rem.
'24
35% rem.
'25
88% rem.
Trailing 12 months · San Diego vs US
San Diego65% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops San Diego's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 19 San Diego hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
5mentions 58%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2526% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+58%5
02Amazon Web Services (AWS)−44%4
03ASP.NET−58%3
04C#−58%3
05Docker+279%3
06JavaScript3
07Kubernetes3
08Medium−58%3
09Microsoft SQL Server−58%3
10React3
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Docker+279%
  • 02PostgreSQL+153%
  • 03Python+58%
  • 04Go+26%
Cooling
  • 01ASP.NET−58%
  • 02C#−58%
  • 03Medium−58%
  • 04Microsoft SQL Server−58%

79% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · San Diego vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
San DiegoUS baseline
Data Ml
under-indexed
4%
12%
−8 pts0.3×
Design
match
2%
3%
−0 pts0.9×
Engineering
match
89%
69%
+20 pts1.3×
Executive
match
0%
2%
−1 pts0.0×
Finance Accounting
match
1%
0%
+0 pts2.5×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
1%
0%
+0 pts4.0×
Marketing
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Operations
match
2%
1%
+1 pts2.3×
Other
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×
Product
under-indexed
1%
4%
−4 pts0.1×
Sales
match
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×