Est. 2012Vol. 175 · Published Monthly

The Hiring Index

Dateline
MAY 01, 2026
Current: April 2026
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An independent, data-driven chronicle of the monthly “Who is hiring?” threads on Hacker News. Each dispatch counts postings, extracts compensation, and traces where engineering hiring is moving — one thread, one month, at a time.

§ 01Latest Dispatch
735jobs
MoM↑ 3%
YoY↑ 5%
Pay band155k–203k
Remote43%
Visa3%
Senior+52%
Trend · last 6 monthsN=6
NOVDECJANFEBMARAPR
§ 02Recent Dispatches
SCALE 0 — 877
§ 03Annual Archive
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