Talent Trends
Monthly hiring signals from roles.directory, consolidated into one table.
metric
Dec 2025
Jan 2026
Feb 2026
Mar 2026
Apr 2026
May 2026
total salary tracked
market
active jobs
new jobs
closed jobs
net change
companies hiring
genAI index
compensation
salary p25
salary median
salary p75
salary coverage
role mix
Software Engineering
AI & ML
Data & Analytics
Product
Design & UX
Sales & GTM
Marketing & Growth
Customer Success
Business Operations
People & Talent
Finance & IR
Other
funding mix
Undisclosed
Under $10M
$10M - $50M
$50M - $100M
$100M - $500M
$500M+
workplace mix
Hybrid
Remote
On-Site
Not Specified
location mix
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Austin, TX
Boston, MA
Palo Alto, CA
Chicago, IL
Seattle, WA
top hirers
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
$4.7B
$8.6B
$14.2B
$14.7B
$14.4B
$14.0B
28,699
49,221
81,043
83,854
82,160
79,891
5,234
20,695
47,532
21,990
20,527
19,182
3,892
15,710
19,179
23,078
21,451
21,881
+1,342
+4,985
+28,353
-1,088
-924
-2,699
1,664
2,068
3,041
2,981
2,925
2,948
15.8%
15.2%
9.4%
12.7%
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$120k
$131k
$131k
$133k
$135k
$135k
$165k
$175k
$175k
$175k
$175k
$175k
$210k
$218k
$218k
$218k
$218k
$220k
8,500
10,073
14,070
14,608
15,348
15,500
8,500 / 29.6%
8,692 / 17.7%
14,106 / 17.4%
14,268 / 17%
13,898 / 16.9%
13,355 / 16.7%
1,200 / 4.2%
2,358 / 4.8%
3,419 / 4.2%
3,548 / 4.2%
3,586 / 4.4%
3,541 / 4.4%
1,900 / 6.6%
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2,800 / 9.8%
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1,400 / 4.9%
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4,200 / 14.6%
6,984 / 14.2%
12,804 / 15.8%
13,309 / 15.9%
12,891 / 15.7%
12,208 / 15.3%
2,100 / 7.3%
2,632 / 5.3%
4,470 / 5.5%
4,619 / 5.5%
4,562 / 5.6%
4,371 / 5.5%
1,700 / 5.9%
2,813 / 5.7%
4,527 / 5.6%
4,790 / 5.7%
4,768 / 5.8%
4,695 / 5.9%
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3,553 / 7.2%
5,878 / 7.3%
6,251 / 7.5%
6,097 / 7.4%
6,147 / 7.7%
1,100 / 3.8%
1,880 / 3.8%
3,098 / 3.8%
3,189 / 3.8%
3,002 / 3.7%
2,888 / 3.6%
900 / 3.1%
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255 / 0.9%
349 / 0.7%
972 / 1.2%
1,016 / 1.2%
1,049 / 1.3%
1,047 / 1.3%
1,694 / 5.9%
2,678 / 5.4%
3,914 / 4.8%
3,856 / 4.6%
3,749 / 4.6%
3,718 / 4.7%
6,175 / 21.5%
9,986 / 20.3%
12,926 / 15.9%
13,505 / 16.1%
13,036 / 15.9%
12,939 / 16.2%
4,558 / 15.9%
7,936 / 16.1%
10,474 / 12.9%
10,448 / 12.5%
10,305 / 12.5%
9,965 / 12.5%
10,133 / 35.3%
17,174 / 34.9%
27,797 / 34.3%
28,973 / 34.6%
28,303 / 34.4%
27,154 / 34%
5,884 / 20.5%
11,098 / 22.5%
24,960 / 30.8%
26,056 / 31.1%
25,718 / 31.3%
25,068 / 31.4%
7,004 / 24.4%
8,241 / 16.7%
18,807 / 23.2%
20,270 / 24.2%
20,216 / 24.6%
19,827 / 24.8%
4,533 / 15.8%
13,009 / 26.4%
21,167 / 26.1%
22,102 / 26.4%
21,422 / 26.1%
20,225 / 25.3%
13,160 / 45.9%
7,112 / 14.4%
12,233 / 15.1%
12,862 / 15.3%
13,366 / 16.3%
13,423 / 16.8%
4,002 / 13.9%
20,859 / 42.4%
28,836 / 35.6%
28,620 / 34.1%
27,156 / 33.1%
26,416 / 33.1%
3,601 / 15.2%
5,629 / 13.9%
7,710 / 10.6%
8,089 / 10.7%
8,064 / 10.8%
8,007 / 10.9%
2,666 / 11.3%
4,429 / 10.9%
6,512 / 9%
6,801 / 9%
6,797 / 9.1%
6,695 / 9.1%
689 / 2.9%
971 / 2.4%
1,193 / 1.6%
1,303 / 1.7%
1,306 / 1.7%
1,306 / 1.8%
555 / 2.3%
795 / 2%
1,151 / 1.6%
1,260 / 1.7%
1,294 / 1.7%
1,344 / 1.8%
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979 / 1.4%
1,030 / 1.4%
1,024 / 1.4%
1,010 / 1.4%
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498 / 2.1%
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OpenAI: 450 jobs
OpenAI: 687 jobs
SpaceX: 1,781 jobs
SpaceX: 1,983 jobs
SpaceX: 1,987 jobs
SpaceX: 2,233 jobs
Finni: 180 jobs
Deel: 525 jobs
Databricks: 907 jobs
Databricks: 1,042 jobs
Databricks: 1,079 jobs
Databricks: 1,017 jobs
Mistral AI: 165 jobs
Anthropic: 506 jobs
Gopuff: 836 jobs
OpenAI: 838 jobs
OpenAI: 866 jobs
OpenAI: 923 jobs
Dandy: 150 jobs
Shield AI: 401 jobs
Stripe: 779 jobs
Gopuff: 836 jobs
Gopuff: 813 jobs
Gopuff: 821 jobs
Notion: 139 jobs
Encora: 400 jobs
OpenAI: 739 jobs
Stripe: 782 jobs
Stripe: 706 jobs
Stripe: 698 jobs