City ProfileNashville · Tennessee · US

Nashville

Nashville hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Tennessee.

Postings · Aug 2026+200%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 01 high
Rank · US
#17of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+29 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.8%2 of 296
3-Mo momentum
Rising+200% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Climbing faster than 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
297since 2011 · 185 months
0% YoY2025 vs 2024
12
'22
7
'23
9
'24
9
'25
4
'26
All-time total
297185 months
↑ Best year
201446
↓ Worst full year
20237
Latest full year
20250% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Nashville.

Median bands from the 7 Nashville postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=1 · need 10
Mid n=1
Senior n=1

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Mid & Senior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

30 points more 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
100%
+30 ptsvs US · 70%
Remote
20%
Hybrid
80%
Onsite-only
0%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share held the line through '20'22
RemoteHybridOnsite
'12
100% rem.
'13
100% rem.
'14
53% rem.
'15
83% rem.
'16
83% rem.
'17
40% rem.
'18
34% rem.
'19
64% rem.
'20
100% rem.
'21
100% rem.
'22
100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Nashville vs US
Nashville100% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Machine Learning tops Nashville's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 5 Nashville hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillMachine Learning
3mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2560% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Machine Learning3
02Python+7%3
03Make2
04Docker1
05Elixir1
06Microsoft Azure1
07Milvus1
08Phoenix1
09Snowflake1
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Python+7%
Cooling

    80% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)

    Role mix · Nashville vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    NashvilleUS baseline
    Data Ml
    match
    14%
    12%
    +1 pts1.1×
    Design
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Engineering
    match
    77%
    69%
    +8 pts1.1×
    Executive
    over-indexed
    5%
    2%
    +3 pts2.9×
    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
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Operations
    over-indexed
    5%
    1%
    +4 pts4.3×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Product
    under-indexed
    0%
    4%
    −4 pts0.0×
    Sales
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×