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TypeScript

TypeScript appeared in 38 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 8.8% of all jobs. Currently #2 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 2026-19%vs prior
38
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 → Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
8.8%
All-Time Peak
74mentions · May 2022
First Seen
August 2012
Month Momentum
Declining-19%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
4,423since August 2012 · 176 months
+22% YoY2025 vs 2024
18
'15
101
'16
164
'17
264
'18
369
'19
463
'20
694
PEAK
'21
609
'22
402
'23
425
'24
519
'25
368
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
4,423176 mo
↑ Best year
2021694
↓ Quietest full year
20121
Latest full year
2025+22% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What TypeScript jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD170Kmedian
$134k – $200k middle 50% · n=578
By seniority
Junior$103k – $173k n=16
Mid— n=6
Senior$140k – $195k n=234
Staff+$160k – $215k n=122

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

Disclosed
578of 2627 posts
Disclosure rate
22.0%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where TypeScript sits in the pay distribution
−6%vs Swift+5%vs JavaScript
LanguageMedianvs TypeScript
01
Swift
$180k+5.9%
02
Python
$176k+3.2%
03
Go
$175k+2.9%
04
TypeScriptyou are here
$170k—
05
SQL
$168k−1.5%
06
GraphQL
$165k−2.9%
07
JavaScript
$163k−4.4%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where TypeScript is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of TypeScript posts by where the role is based.

01
United States70.8%
75
02
Europe (EU)17.9%
19
03
Canada15.1%
16
04
Unspecified9.4%
10
05
United Kingdom3.8%
4
06
Asia0.9%
1
07
Other0.9%
1
Remote Policy
45%remote
Remote
45.3%
Hybrid
24.5%
On-site
30.2%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for TypeScript

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior40.6%
43
02
Staff17.0%
18
03
Principal3.8%
4
04
Junior2.8%
3
05
Lead1.9%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering65.1%
69
02
Data / ML14.2%
15
03
Product9.4%
10
04
Executive2.8%
3
05
Other2.8%
3
06
Design1.9%
2
07
Operations1.9%
2
08
Marketing0.9%
1
09
Sales0.9%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

React is the skill most co-mentioned with TypeScript.

#01
Signature Stack
TypeScript’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with TypeScript over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Next.js
3.3×
Node.js
3.1×
React
2.9×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01React3,59363%
02Python2,89951%
03AWS1,70730%
04PostgreSQL1,64829%
05Node.js1,42925%
06Go1,02918%
07Kubernetes98817%
08Rust81314%
09Next.js78714%
10JavaScript77013%
11Google Cloud69812%
12Terraform62111%
13UX/UI54810%
14Machine Learning5209%
15Java5059%

% of TypeScript jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere TypeScript stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
01
Python
43-2.3%
10.0%
02
TypeScriptyou are here
380.0%
8.8%
03
Go
11-48%
2.6%
04
Rust
10-29%
2.3%
05
SQL
10+67%
2.3%
06
C++
8+60%
1.9%
07
C
7+17%
1.6%
08
GraphQL
6+50%
1.4%
09
Java
30.0%
0.7%
10
JavaScript
3-77%
0.7%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
122.8%
Explicitly decline
81.9%
Don’t mention
41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.