City ProfileSan Jose · California · US
San Jose
San Jose hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in California.
Postings · May 2026+80%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJun '25 → May '26
1 low3-mo avg: 24.6667 high
Rank · US
#18of 30 US cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+27 pts vs US
Share of US postings
0.2%1 of 518
3-Mo momentum
Rising+80% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Climbed faster than the US baseline since the 2023 trough.
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
§ 01Compensation
Senior pay disclosure is still thin in San Jose.
Median bands from the 22 San Jose postings that disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present.
§ 02Work Model
11 points more remote-friendly than the US baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is cooling off in '26
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11100% rem.
'1271% rem.
'14100% rem.
'1535% rem.
'1610% rem.
'1728% rem.
'1817% rem.
'1926% rem.
'2068% rem.
'2181% rem.
'22100% rem.
'2395% rem.
'24100% rem.
'2585% rem.
'2650% rem.
Trailing 12 months · San Jose vs US
San Jose82% remote-friendly
US average71% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Python tops San Jose's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 29 San Jose hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
86% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through May 2026)
Role mix · San Jose vs USShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
San JoseUS baseline
About this page
San Jose 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.