How long remote jobs stay open
The median open remote role at 545 remote-first companies has been up 43 days, and roles that closed since Oct 11 had been open a median of 42 days. 40% of open roles have been up 60 days or more, and 28% for 90 days or more.
- median age of an open role
- 43 days
- median days to close
- 42 days
- of open roles up 60+ days
- 40%
- up 90+ days
- 28%
- open roles posted over a year ago
- 549
From 10,536 dated open remote roles and 3,582 that closed.
By discipline
Medians in days. Days to close covers roles that came down since closures were first recorded.
| Discipline | Open roles | Median days open | Median days to close | Open 90+ days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 2,371 | 50 | 45 | 31% |
| Sales | 2,124 | 37 | 43 | 24% |
| Customer | 908 | 42 | 49 | 28% |
| Clinical | 725 | 48 | 35 | 36% |
| Other | 717 | 51 | 39 | 35% |
| Product | 688 | 48 | 43 | 29% |
| Marketing | 688 | 37 | 42 | 21% |
| Operations | 656 | 33 | 33 | 21% |
| Data | 597 | 61 | 47 | 37% |
| Finance | 545 | 37 | 42 | 23% |
| Legal | 329 | 37 | 43 | 21% |
| People | 294 | 27 | 32 | 20% |
| Design | 207 | 47 | 46 | 29% |
- Engineering2,371 open
- Open
- 50 days
- To close
- 45 days
- 90+ days
- 31%
- Sales2,124 open
- Open
- 37 days
- To close
- 43 days
- 90+ days
- 24%
- Customer908 open
- Open
- 42 days
- To close
- 49 days
- 90+ days
- 28%
- Clinical725 open
- Open
- 48 days
- To close
- 35 days
- 90+ days
- 36%
- Other717 open
- Open
- 51 days
- To close
- 39 days
- 90+ days
- 35%
- Product688 open
- Open
- 48 days
- To close
- 43 days
- 90+ days
- 29%
- Marketing688 open
- Open
- 37 days
- To close
- 42 days
- 90+ days
- 21%
- Operations656 open
- Open
- 33 days
- To close
- 33 days
- 90+ days
- 21%
- Data597 open
- Open
- 61 days
- To close
- 47 days
- 90+ days
- 37%
- Finance545 open
- Open
- 37 days
- To close
- 42 days
- 90+ days
- 23%
- Legal329 open
- Open
- 37 days
- To close
- 43 days
- 90+ days
- 21%
- People294 open
- Open
- 27 days
- To close
- 32 days
- 90+ days
- 20%
- Design207 open
- Open
- 47 days
- To close
- 46 days
- 90+ days
- 29%
By company
Companies with at least 10 dated roles. A median of a year or more almost always means always-open postings, not a slow hiring team, so those rows are marked. Days to close only covers roles that came down since Oct 11.
Quickest to close
Median days from posting to the role coming down.
18 closed, median open role 12 days
14 closed, median open role 141 days
11 closed, median open role 19 days
60 closed, median open role 22 days
26 closed, median open role 86 days
23 closed, median open role 35 days
21 closed, median open role 21 days
13 closed, median open role 119 days
18 closed, median open role 22 days
61 closed, median open role 17 days
Longest open
Median age of the company's open remote roles.
47 dated open roles, 85% up 90+ days · likely always-open postings
24 dated open roles, 88% up 90+ days · likely always-open postings
17 dated open roles, 94% up 90+ days · likely always-open postings
10 dated open roles, 80% up 90+ days
19 dated open roles, 84% up 90+ days
11 dated open roles, 55% up 90+ days
170 dated open roles, 83% up 90+ days
339 dated open roles, 69% up 90+ days
60 dated open roles, 70% up 90+ days
21 dated open roles, 71% up 90+ days
Postings that never close
549 roles still open were posted more than a year ago. These are real postings that never close, often roles a company is always hiring for. The oldest still open was posted on Apr 14, 2016. They pull the averages up, which is why every figure here is a median.
What this means when you apply
A posting that has been up for months is not a dead end, but it is a different bet. Some companies leave a role open because they hire for it all the time, and some keep a posting up to collect applicants for later openings.
An older posting has usually had more time to collect applications, so your application lands in a bigger pile. A role in its first days is where an application is most likely to be read early.
If a role you want has been open 60 days or more, it can still be worth applying. Look for a recent update to the posting, or a recruiter or hiring manager you can write to directly.
On the jobs page, members can hide every role that has been open 60 days or more.
How we know. A role's start is the date the employer published on its own job board. When the board gives no date, it is the day we first saw the role. 313 roles were already open on our first read with no posting date and are left out of the medians. A role counts as closed when it disappears from the company's own job board: filled, paused or pulled, and we cannot tell which. Closures are recorded from Oct 11, so they cover about 3.5 weeks so far. Every role is read from the company's own job board and counts only when the employer's own location text says remote.
Questions about how long remote jobs stay open
How long do remote jobs stay open?
The median open remote role at 545 remote-first companies has been up 43 days, counted from the employer's own posting date. Roles that came down since Oct 11 had been open a median of 42 days.
Which remote roles close fastest?
Among roles that closed since Oct 11, People roles came down fastest (median 32 days) and Customer roles took longest (median 49 days). A closed posting is not always a hire.
Why have some roles been open for years?
549 roles still open were posted more than a year ago. They are real postings that stay up, often for roles a company hires for all the time. A long median for one company usually means postings like these, not a slow team.
What does closed mean here?
A role counts as closed when it disappears from the company's own job board: filled, paused or pulled, and we cannot tell which. Closures are recorded from Oct 11, so they cover about 3.5 weeks so far.
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