City ProfileRaleigh-Durham · North Carolina · US
Raleigh-Durham
Raleigh-Durham hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in North Carolina.
Postings · Aug 2026−25%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 23 high
Rank · US
#16of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
0%−71 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.8%2 of 296
3-Mo momentum
Falling−25% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the US baseline since the 2024 trough.
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 Raleigh-Durham.
Median bands from the 2 Raleigh-Durham postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
27 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 '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1190% rem.
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Trailing 12 months · Raleigh-Durham vs US
Raleigh-Durham43% remote-friendly
US average70% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Python tops Raleigh-Durham's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 21 Raleigh-Durham hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
81% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Raleigh-Durham vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
Raleigh-DurhamUS baseline