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Washington DC

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

Postings · Sep 2026−65%3-mo momentum
10
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
9.3333 low3-mo avg · 2428 high
Rank · US
#7of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
70%+1 pts vs US
Share of US postings
3.4%10 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Falling−65% 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
5,913since 2011 · 186 months
+26% YoY2025 vs 2024
530
'22
287
'23
269
'24
338
'25
191
'26
All-time total
5,913186 months
↑ Best year
2015605
↓ Worst full year
2012100
Latest full year
2025+26% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Pays 5% under New York for senior eng — and 13% over Denver.

Median bands from the 46 Washington DC postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD180K
−5%vs New York+13%vs Denver
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=5
Senior$173k – $200k n=27
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
New York
$190k+5.6%
02
Atlanta
$183k+1.4%
03
Seattle
$182k+0.8%
04
Washington DCyou are here
$180k—
05
Chicago
$171k−4.9%
06
Boston
$167k−7.2%
07
Denver
$160k−11.1%

2023–Present disclosed pay only

§ 02Work Model

8 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
62%
−8 ptsvs US · 69%
Remote
10%
Hybrid
52%
Onsite-only
38%
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 DC62% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

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

Keywords counted across 269 Washington DC hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillTypeScript
139mentions↑ 47%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
OCT '2552% of postingsSEP '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01TypeScript+47%139
02Python−15%138
03Linux (non-WSL)+1%133
04React+10%130
05Java+18%126
06C+++7746%122
07CUDA+18%122
08Git+18%122
09Jenkins+18%122
10Windows+18%122
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01C+++7746%
  • 02Cloudflare+286%
  • 03TypeScript+47%
  • 04c++23+35%
Cooling↘
  • 01Amazon Web Services (AWS)−96%
  • 02JavaScript−93%
  • 03Kubernetes−86%
  • 04Django−86%

58% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)

Role mix · Washington DC vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Washington DCUS baseline
Data Ml
match
9%
13%
−4 pts0.7×
Design
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Engineering
match
79%
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
6%
3%
+3 pts2.1×
Product
match
2%
4%
−2 pts0.4×
Sales
match
1%
3%
−2 pts0.3×
§ 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
13264%$190k02
LondonGB
0.66
4841%$110k03
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.64
14648%$190k04
SeattleWashington · US
0.63
2073%$182k05
AustinTexas · US
0.61
1750%—

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