State of Remote Work 2026
Every statistic is derived from remoty.work's live job index — 8,471 remote positions from 4,075 companies, each analyzed across 14+ quality signals by AI. No surveys, no estimates. Just real listing data, updated daily. Methodology ↓
Key Statistics
- 8,471 Active Remote Jobs
- 4,075 Companies Hiring
- 66,776 Jobs Scored A–F
- 26/100 Average Score
Ghost Job Reality
- 4559 Ghost Jobs Flagged — 6.9% of all listings show ghost-job signals. The industry average is estimated at 20–30% — remoty's active filtering keeps our rate substantially lower.
- 3912 Clean Listings — 93.1% of listings pass our ghost-job check. These represent real, active hiring needs with verified apply links and quality signals.
- 7+ Detection Signals — Our AI checks 7 signal categories per listing: stale duration, repost patterns, missing salary, thin descriptions, missing apply links, generic contacts, and unverified sources.
Quality Score Distribution
- A: 53 listings
- B: 2671 listings
- C: 4179 listings
- D: 9271 listings
- F: 50602 listings
Distribution of A–F grades across 66,776 scored listings.
Top Companies for Remote Work
| # | Company | Score | Jobs | Salary % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calm.com | B 84 | 2 | 100% |
| 2 | UCM Practice Growth Systems | B 83 | 2 | 100% |
| 3 | Propeller Industries | B 81 | 2 | 100% |
| 4 | Coconut | B 80 | 6 | 100% |
| 5 | Orchard | B 80 | 2 | 100% |
| 6 | Vetto | C 80 | 2 | 50% |
| 7 | Calabrio | C 80 | 2 | 100% |
| 8 | Mano Lani LLC | C 79 | 4 | 100% |
| 9 | DealerOn | C 79 | 2 | 100% |
| 10 | BlackCloak | C 79 | 2 | 100% |
Ranked by average intelligence score (A–F). Minimum 2 active listings.
How This Data Works
- Real Listing Data
- Every statistic comes from actual remote job listings in our live database — not surveys, not estimates, not third-party reports. We analyze 8,471 positions daily across 4,075 companies.
- AI Scoring (14+ Signals)
- Each listing receives an A–F grade based on AI analysis of description completeness, salary transparency, source reputation, domain age, Glassdoor data, ghost-job risk, and 8+ more signals. Scores range from 0–100.
- Daily Refresh
- Our index refreshes every 24 hours. New listings are scored within hours of appearing. Listings that disappear from source boards are removed. The data on this page was last updated on 2026-10-09.
- Cite This Page
- Journalists, researchers, and analysts: all statistics are available as JSON-LD structured data (Dataset schema) in the page source. Reference: "remoty.work State of Remote Work 2026" — remoty.work/state-of-remote-work/
Key Terms Defined
- Ghost Job
- A listing posted without real intent to hire — used to collect resumes or gauge market interest. remoty flags these with 7+ detection signals.
- Intelligence Score
- 0–100 numeric score from AI analysis of 14+ quality signals. Converted to an A–F letter grade for quick comparison.
- A–F Grade
- Letter-grade quality rating: A (excellent, 90–100), B (good, 75–89), C (fair, 60–74), D (poor, 50–59), F (unreliable, <50).
- Salary Transparency
- Whether a listing includes salary data. Listed as a percentage in company rankings — transparent listings score higher.
- Worldwide Remote
- Jobs open to applicants from any country, with no geographic restrictions. Tracked as an authoritative database column.
- Platform Verdict
- A–F rating of the job source platform itself (job board, aggregator, or careers page), based on aggregate listing quality.
- Hiring Velocity
- Rate of new job postings by a company over 30/90-day windows. Used in scoring and ghost-job detection.
- Liveness
- Whether a listing URL still accepts applications when checked during the daily refresh cycle.
Explore More Data
- Salary Guide → — Real salary data by category from 39,029 listings with pay information.
- Glossary → — Complete definition list for ghost jobs, A–F scores, worldwide remote, and every key term.
Data last refreshed: 2026-10-09. Source: remoty.work live job index (8,471 jobs, 4,075 companies). All statistics available as machine-readable JSON-LD in page source.