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Philadelphia

Philadelphia hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Pennsylvania.

Postings · May 2026−50%3-mo momentum
0
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
0 low3-mo avg: 25.3333 high
Rank · US
#23of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
—
Share of US postings
0.0%
3-Mo momentum
Falling−50% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume

Pulling back alongside the US baseline.

Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.

Full yearPartial yearPeak year
All-time postings
1,866since 2011 · 182 months
+92% YoY2025 vs 2024
214
'22
63
'23
13
'24
25
'25
1
'26
All-time total
1,866182 months
↑ Best year
2015270
↓ Worst full year
202413
Latest full year
2025+92% YoY
§ 01Compensation

Senior pay disclosure is still thin in Philadelphia.

Median bands from the 12 Philadelphia postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.

Range by seniority · 2023–PresentSenior: not enough disclosed pay · n=3 · need 10
Junior— n=6
Senior— n=3

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick on Senior = median. Junior & Senior shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

§ 02Work Model

44 points less remote-friendly than the US baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
27%
−44 ptsvs US · 71%
Remote
23%
Hybrid
5%
Onsite-only
73%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
57% rem.
'12
41% rem.
'13
35% rem.
'14
30% rem.
'15
20% rem.
'16
28% rem.
'17
43% rem.
'18
18% rem.
'19
15% rem.
'20
56% rem.
'21
85% rem.
'22
95% rem.
'23
92% rem.
'24
77% rem.
'25
20% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Philadelphia vs US
Philadelphia27% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Android tops Philadelphia's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 22 Philadelphia hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillAndroid
10mentions
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUN '2545% of postingsMAY '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Android—10
02Machine Learning—10
03iOS—10
04PostgreSQL—9
05Amazon Web Services (AWS)−52%8
06Python−65%7
07React−58%7
08Datadog—6
09Django−53%6
10Redux−53%6
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending↗
    Cooling↘
    • 01Docker−84%
    • 02JavaScript−84%
    • 03Node.js−73%
    • 04Python−65%

    100% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)

    Role mix · Philadelphia vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
    PhiladelphiaUS baseline
    Data Ml
    over-indexed
    21%
    12%
    +9 pts1.7×
    Design
    match
    4%
    3%
    +1 pts1.4×
    Engineering
    match
    74%
    69%
    +4 pts1.1×
    Executive
    match
    0%
    2%
    −2 pts0.0×
    Finance Accounting
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Healthcare
    match
    0%
    0%
    0 pts0.0×
    Legal Compliance
    match
    0%
    0%
    −0 pts0.0×
    Marketing
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Operations
    match
    0%
    1%
    −1 pts0.0×
    Other
    under-indexed
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    Product
    match
    2%
    4%
    −2 pts0.4×
    Sales
    match
    0%
    3%
    −3 pts0.0×
    About this page

    Philadelphia postings are extracted from monthly HN Who's Hiring? threads using location string matching against a curated city dictionary.

    Caveats
    • ·Trust annual totals over single months — monthly counts can be small, and partial years (hatched) cover only part of the calendar.
    • ·Compensation bands use a trailing 3-year window; levels appear only when n ≥ 10.
    • ·Comparisons against the US baseline use the same time window on both sides — trailing 12 months for work model, the past 3 years for role mix.