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Job Market Report — July 2026
Hiring trends from 1.81M job postings tracked over the past 12 months — openings, salaries, and the recruiters behind them.
175K
new job openings tracked in the past 30 days
-3.9%
change in new postings in June vs the month before
67%
of openings list at least one reachable recruiter
$163K
median posted annual salary (where disclosed)
Key findings
- Hiring cooled in June. New postings moved down 3.9% month-over-month (179,367 → 172,289 tracked openings).
- Nurse leads hiring with 72,303 new openings in the past 30 days — ahead of Physician (25,160).
- USA is the most active market with 140,230 new openings this month.
- Fusion Medical Staffing posted the most jobs (2,399 openings), with 20 recruiters listed in our database.
- 67% of openings have a reachable recruiter — for those roles, job seekers can skip the portal and email the person doing the hiring.
Openings by category (30 days)
Nurse
72,303
Physician
25,160
AI
17,886
Data
16,859
Cybersecurity
14,525
Product
13,382
Software
11,160
Design
3,660
Openings by location (30 days)
USA
140,230
Canada
17,482
UK
8,543
Germany
5,748
Australia
2,932
Most active employers (30 days)
Methodology
Figures aggregate job postings collected continuously across major job boards and company career pages, deduplicated by posting URL. Salary medians use postings that disclose an annual salary range. Recruiter availability reflects matches against our database of 568,000+ verified recruiter and talent-acquisition contacts, refreshed daily. Counts update nightly; this page reflects the latest data.
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