City ProfilePortland · Oregon · US
Portland
Portland hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Oregon.
Postings · Sep 2026+400%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingOct '25 → Sep '26
0 low3-mo avg · 14.3333 high
Rank · US
#15of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+31 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.7%2 of 372
3-Mo momentum
Rising+400% 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 Portland.
Median bands from the 4 Portland postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
16 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 '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1187% rem.
'1290% rem.
'1375% rem.
'1487% rem.
'1571% rem.
'1644% rem.
'1742% rem.
'1862% rem.
'1956% rem.
'2083% rem.
'21100% rem.
'2299% rem.
'2391% rem.
'24100% rem.
'2581% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Portland vs US
Portland54% remote-friendly
US average69% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Amazon Web Services (AWS) tops Portland's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 13 Portland hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Sep 2026)
Role mix · Portland vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
PortlandUS baseline