City ProfileDenver · Colorado · US
Denver
Denver hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Colorado.
Postings · Sep 2026−11%3-mo momentum
7
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
4 low3-mo avg · 68 high
Rank · US
#8of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
57%−12 pts vs US
Share of US postings
2.4%7 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Falling−11% 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
§ 01Compensation
Pays 11% under Washington DC for senior eng.
Median bands from the 48 Denver postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
10 points more 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 climbing back in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12100% rem.
'13100% rem.
'1480% rem.
'1536% rem.
'1655% rem.
'1743% rem.
'1820% rem.
'1948% rem.
'2069% rem.
'2193% rem.
'2292% rem.
'2389% rem.
'2479% rem.
'2560% rem.
'2690% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Denver vs US
Denver79% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Kubernetes tops Denver's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 72 Denver hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
85% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Denver vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
DenverUS baseline