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Washington DC

Washington DC hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in DC.

Postings · Aug 2026−48%3-mo momentum
10
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
14.3333 low3-mo avg · 2528 high
Rank · US
#4of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
11%−60 pts vs US
Share of US postings
4.1%10 of 296
3-Mo momentum
Falling−48% 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
5,903since 2011 · 185 months
+26% YoY2025 vs 2024
530
'22
287
'23
269
'24
338
'25
181
'26
All-time total
5,903185 months
↑ Best year
2015605
↓ Worst full year
2012100
Latest full year
2025+26% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Pays 3% under San Francisco for senior eng — and 8% over Chicago.

Median bands from the 44 Washington DC postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD185K
−3%vs San Francisco+8%vs Chicago
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=4
Senior$173k – $201k n=26
Staff+$190k – $781k n=12

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

Senior eng median · US peer cities · 2023–Present
Where Washington DC sits in the US distribution
CityMedianvs Washington DC
01
San Francisco
$190k+2.7%
02
New York
$190k+2.7%
03
Washington DCyou are here
$185k—
04
Seattle
$183k−1.1%
05
Atlanta
$183k−1.4%
06
Chicago
$171k−7.4%

2023–Present disclosed pay only

§ 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
64%
−6 ptsvs US · 70%
Remote
10%
Hybrid
54%
Onsite-only
36%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
80% rem.
'12
97% rem.
'13
64% rem.
'14
90% rem.
'15
46% rem.
'16
39% rem.
'17
38% rem.
'18
29% rem.
'19
31% rem.
'20
52% rem.
'21
77% rem.
'22
71% rem.
'23
60% rem.
'24
76% rem.
'25
83% rem.
'26
56% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Washington DC vs US
Washington DC64% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

TypeScript tops Washington DC's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 277 Washington DC hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillTypeScript
143mentions↑ 58%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2552% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01TypeScript+58%143
02Linux (non-WSL)−1%138
03Python−21%138
04React+10%134
05CUDA+15%128
06Git+15%128
07Java+12%128
08Jenkins+15%128
09Windows+15%128
10c++23+50%128
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01C+++7784%
  • 02TypeScript+58%
  • 03c++23+50%
  • 04CUDA+15%
Cooling↘
  • 01Redux−98%
  • 02Kubernetes−96%
  • 03Amazon Web Services (AWS)−94%
  • 04JavaScript−92%

56% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

Role mix · Washington DC vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Washington DCUS baseline
Data Ml
match
9%
12%
−4 pts0.7×
Design
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Engineering
match
78%
69%
+10 pts1.1×
Executive
match
1%
2%
−1 pts0.4×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
1%
3%
−2 pts0.2×
Operations
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.5×
Other
over-indexed
7%
3%
+4 pts2.2×
Product
match
2%
4%
−2 pts0.4×
Sales
match
1%
3%
−2 pts0.2×
§ 04Similar Cities

Where else looks like Washington DC?

Cosine similarity across role mix, work-model split, and skill profile.

CityMatchPosts/moRemote%Sr. median
01
New YorkNew York · US
0.67
13360%$190k02
LondonGB
0.65
5255%$110k03
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.64
15059%$190k04
SeattleWashington · US
0.63
2044%$183k05
AustinTexas · US
0.60
17100%—

Match score = cosine similarity over (category share, work-model split, top-50 skill share)