Remote Source methodology
How we source and count remote jobs
Remote Source brings fully remote openings from employer career pages into one free job search. Here is what our counts measure and how we maintain the listings behind them.
Current inventory and employer coverage
- Current job listings
- 31,280
- Integrated employers
- 5,241
Counts generated Sep 12, 2026, 5:14 AM UTC. Integrated employers may have no current openings.
Recorded additions over the past 12 months
296,567
Job records added during the rolling 12-month period and retained in our database, including listings that have since closed or been delisted. Each retained record counts once by its creation date. This measures recorded additions over time, separately from today's searchable inventory.
Historical deletions can reduce this figure, and reimports or separate source records can count the same underlying vacancy more than once. It is not a complete count of unique vacancies, hires, or jobs currently open.
Window: Sep 12, 2025, 4:30 AM UTC to Sep 12, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC.
Where do the jobs come from?
We collect openings from employer career pages and applicant tracking systems, the hiring software employers use to publish jobs. Our team reviews employers before adding them. Staff can also add individual listings manually. This sourcing model lets us discover openings across startups and established companies without requiring each employer to purchase a posting.
What counts as a current job listing?
Our current total uses the same count as the unfiltered job board. It includes listed job records within the board's nine-month posting-date window and excludes delisted records and titles flagged as misleading about remote availability. One record represents one listing. A company may publish separate records for similar roles, teams, or locations. The total measures searchable listings; the number suitable for you depends on your location, qualifications, and filters.
What does the employer count mean?
Integrated employers are companies connected to our job-sourcing system. Some have no current openings. The remote-first employer count is the subset of integrated employers carrying our remote-first designation. Both figures describe employer coverage and are counted separately from current job listings.
How are repeated listings handled?
For automated sources, we match incoming listings using the source and its job identifier, updating an existing record when that listing changes. The current lifecycle also reuses a retained record when the same source identifier reopens. Similar titles, separate country postings, and different source identifiers can remain separate records. We do not claim that the listing count measures unique vacancies across every source or the number of people employers intend to hire.
How often are listings checked?
We check employer sources regularly throughout the day, prioritizing sources with active listings. Refresh timing varies by source and can be affected by source availability or processing delays. The timestamp beside a count shows when that total was calculated; individual listings are checked at different times.
What happens when a job closes?
Our recent data analysis found that a majority of jobs close within 30 days, making fresh listings especially valuable to job seekers. For automated sources, the current lifecycle marks a listing closed after it is missing from two successful source reconciliations. Editorial exclusions can remove a listing sooner. Delisted records are excluded from active job search. A retained page may remain accessible with a closed-listing notice, including through an older search-engine result or a saved application. Manual listings are maintained separately. Always check the employer's application page for current availability.
What do fully remote and remote-first mean?
Our listing standard is no office requirement. Automated screening and editorial review help exclude hybrid and office-based roles. Fully remote work can still have geographic, time-zone, licensing, or travel requirements. Remote-first is a separate employer designation based on workplace-policy evidence reviewed by our team. Employer review, job screening, and current application availability are distinct checks.
How should you compare job counts across job boards?
When comparing Remote Source with other job boards, compare their current listing counts from the same point in time and check how each board counts jobs. Lifetime posting totals describe each board's historical activity. To judge which board is useful for you, also compare the available roles that match your qualifications and location.
See our dated We Work Remotely comparison or learn about Remote Source.