City ProfileNew York · New York · USEditorial

New York

The most industry-diverse hiring market in the index. Fintech and media are structural anchors, but engineering and data roles span a wider range of verticals here than in any other tracked city.

Postings · May 2026−4%3-mo momentum
158
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
97.3333 low3-mo avg · 133164.3333 high
Rank · US
#2of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
49%−24 pts vs US
Share of US postings
34.5%158 of 518
3-Mo momentum
Flat−4% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Consistently second in US volume; the gap to San Francisco has narrowed over time.

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
32,333since 2011 · 182 months
+36% YoY2025 vs 2024
2301
'22
1027
'23
1121
'24
1520
'25
722
'26
All-time total
32,333182 months
↑ Best year
20193782
↓ Worst full year
2012893
Latest full year
2025+36% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Pays 6% over Washington DC for senior eng.

Median bands from the 449 New York postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD190K
+6%vs Washington DC
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=9
Mid— n=4
Senior$166k – $200k n=156
Staff+$190k – $238k n=92

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

Senior eng median · US peer cities · 2023–Present
Where New York sits in the US distribution
CityMedianvs New York
01
San Francisco
$190k0%
02
New Yorkyou are here
$190k—
03
Seattle
$183k−4.0%
04
Atlanta
$183k−4.0%
05
Washington DC
$180k−5.3%

2023–Present disclosed pay only

§ 02Work Model

9 points less 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
62%
−9 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
21%
Hybrid
41%
Onsite-only
38%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
67% rem.
'12
67% rem.
'13
68% rem.
'14
70% rem.
'15
32% rem.
'16
29% rem.
'17
23% rem.
'18
24% rem.
'19
31% rem.
'20
60% rem.
'21
88% rem.
'22
93% rem.
'23
84% rem.
'24
76% rem.
'25
67% rem.
'26
59% rem.
Trailing 12 months · New York vs US
New York62% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Fintech and media anchor it, but the mix is broader than any other city.

Keywords counted across 1644 New York hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
500mentions↑ 29%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2530% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+29%500
02TypeScript−2%416
03React−3%390
04Amazon Web Services (AWS)+39%259
05PostgreSQL+12%209
06Machine Learning−6%181
07Rust+114%177
08Kubernetes+77%176
09UX/UI+85%146
10Go−34%143
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Linux (non-WSL)+494%
  • 02Hugging Face (Transformers)+391%
  • 03PyTorch+133%
  • 04Scala+131%
Cooling↘
  • 01Apache Kafka−39%
  • 02Django−35%
  • 03Go−34%
  • 04React Native−32%

73% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

Role mix · New York vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
New YorkUS baseline
Data Ml
match
15%
12%
+2 pts1.2×
Design
match
2%
3%
−0 pts0.9×
Engineering
match
71%
69%
+1 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
2%
−0 pts0.8×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.6×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.5×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.9×
Marketing
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.8×
Operations
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.5×
Other
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.6×
Product
match
5%
4%
+0 pts1.0×
Sales
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
§ 04Similar Cities

Where else looks like New York?

Cosine similarity across role mix, work-model split, and skill profile.

CityMatchPosts/moRemote%Sr. median
01
LondonGB
0.98
5548%$100k02
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.98
17057%$190k03
SeattleWashington · US
0.97
2092%$183k04
Los AngelesCalifornia · US
0.94
1664%—05
AustinTexas · US
0.90
17100%$160k

Match score = cosine similarity over (category share, work-model split, top-50 skill share)