City ProfileSeoul · KR
Seoul
Seoul hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads.
Postings · Aug 2026
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 00.6667 high
Rank · KR
#1of 1 KR cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs KR
Share of KR postings
100.0%2 of 2
3-Mo momentum
Flat—
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbing faster than the KR 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
Not enough disclosed pay yet.
Too few Seoul postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.
No postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Seoul accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model
Remote share tracks the KR baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '23
RemoteHybridOnsite
'14100% rem.
'15100% rem.
'176% rem.
'1832% rem.
'1967% rem.
'2083% rem.
'216% rem.
'2241% rem.
'23100% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Seoul vs KR
Seoul100% remote-friendly
KR average100% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
CI/CD tops Seoul's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 2 Seoul 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 Aug 2026)
Role mix · Seoul vs KRShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
SeoulKR baseline