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 · Jun 2026−3%3-mo momentum
137
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 → Jun '26
97.3333 low3-mo avg · 135164.3333 high
Rank · US
#1of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
36%−32 pts vs US
Share of US postings
35.4%137 of 511
3-Mo momentum
Flat−3% 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
32,470since 2011 · 183 months
+36% YoY2025 vs 2024
2301
'22
1027
'23
1121
'24
1520
'25
859
'26
All-time total
32,470183 months
↑ Best year
20193782
↓ Worst full year
2012893
Latest full year
2025+36% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Pays 6% over Seattle for senior eng.

Median bands from the 459 New York postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Senior eng · median · 2023–Present
USD190K
+6%vs Seattle
Range by seniority · 2023–Present
Junior— n=9
Mid— n=4
Senior$165k – $200k n=159
Staff+$193k – $238k n=97

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
Atlanta
$184k−3.3%
04
Seattle
$180k−5.3%
05
Washington DC
$180k−5.3%

2023–Present disclosed pay only

§ 02Work Model

12 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
59%
−12 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
19%
Hybrid
40%
Onsite-only
41%
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
55% rem.
Trailing 12 months · New York vs US
New York59% 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
538mentions↑ 37%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2533% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python+37%538
02TypeScript+5%441
03React+4%417
04Amazon Web Services (AWS)+50%286
05PostgreSQL+13%216
06Kubernetes+106%201
07Rust+144%189
08Machine Learning−13%166
09Google Cloud+35%164
10Go−18%159
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
  • 01Hugging Face (Transformers)+598%
  • 02Linux (non-WSL)+484%
  • 03Scala+185%
  • 04Ruby on Rails+178%
Cooling↘
  • 01Django−37%
  • 02C−23%
  • 03Make−20%
  • 04Go−18%

74% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 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%
+2 pts1.0×
Executive
match
1%
2%
−0 pts0.8×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.7×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.5×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.9×
Marketing
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.7×
Operations
match
1%
1%
−0 pts0.5×
Other
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.6×
Product
match
4%
4%
0 pts1.0×
Sales
match
2%
3%
−1 pts0.8×
§ 04Similar Cities

Where else looks like New York?

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

CityMatchPosts/moRemote%Sr. median
01
San FranciscoCalifornia · US
0.98
16546%$190k02
LondonGB
0.97
5653%$110k03
SeattleWashington · US
0.97
2176%$180k04
AustinTexas · US
0.92
1747%$160k05
Washington DCDC · US
0.68
2768%$180k

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