October 2026 hiring report

A new job

An opening we first saw during October 2026 on a company's own careers site. Jobs we saw only on job boards, in job feeds or in public hiring threads are not counted.

Read before the month began

A careers site counts only if we started reading it at least 7 days before the month began and still read it during the month. The first time we read a site, every job on it is new to us, which would look like a burst of hiring.

The employer's posted date

Some careers sites show the date a job was posted. If it was posted more than 7 days before the month began, it is not new, even if we first saw it during the month.

Jobs that come back

A job that closed and later came back is not counted as new when it returns.

Recruiting firms

We leave out recruiting firms whose careers sites list jobs at other companies.

Openings, not hires

We count jobs a company posted, not people it hired. One opening can end in several hires, or in none.

Which careers sites

This report covers the 415 careers sites that meet these rules, not every careers site we read and not every employer. The mix of industries and cities follows which sites those are.

One industry per company

Each company counts in one industry, the one we list for it, so no job is counted in two industries. A job counts in the first city it names; remote jobs that name no city get their own line.

At least 5 companies

An industry or city is listed only when at least 5 companies in it added jobs, so one employer is never a whole row.

Comparing months

We add careers sites over time, so a larger total in a later report can mean more sites, not more jobs at the same companies. Read each total with the number of careers sites beside it.

Months in UTC

Each month starts and ends at midnight UTC, which is the afternoon or evening before in the US.

Fixed on the read date

We count each month once, after it ends, and the figures here stay as counted on November 10, 2026. If we ever correct one, we note it here with the date.

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CareerCorner. "October 2026 hiring report." Counted November 10, 2026. https://careercorner.ai/hiring-report/2026-10

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