City ProfileMountain View · California · US
Mountain View
Mountain View hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in California.
Postings · Sep 2026−100%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 510 high
Rank · US
#20of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
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Share of US postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−100% 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
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Mountain View.
Median bands from the 5 Mountain View postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
7 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
'1158% rem.
'1266% rem.
'1353% rem.
'1471% rem.
'1526% rem.
'1616% rem.
'1716% rem.
'1813% rem.
'1923% rem.
'2047% rem.
'2176% rem.
'2263% rem.
'2352% rem.
'2455% rem.
'2567% rem.
'2691% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Mountain View vs US
Mountain View77% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
JavaScript tops Mountain View's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 57 Mountain View hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
98% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Mountain View vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Mountain ViewUS baseline