City ProfileLos Angeles · California · USTier 1
Los Angeles
Los Angeles hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in California.
Postings · Sep 2026+148%3-mo momentum
31
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
10.3333 low3-mo avg · 1625.6667 high
Rank · US
#3of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
16%−53 pts vs US
Share of US postings
10.5%31 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Rising+148% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the US baseline since the 2026 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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Los Angeles.
Median bands from the 39 Los Angeles postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
14 points less 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 cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
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Trailing 12 months · Los Angeles vs US
Los Angeles55% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
YouTube tops Los Angeles's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 206 Los Angeles hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
77% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Los Angeles vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Los AngelesUS baseline
§ 04Similar Cities
Where else looks like Los Angeles?
Cosine similarity across role mix, work-model split, and skill profile.