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Hiring data · Week of October 5, 2026

Hiring at America's largest employers, week of October 5, 2026.

Where the openings were that week, by kind of job and by employer. See the latest numbers →

Revised 2026-10-10: recalculated after we corrected how the census counts, leaving out postings abroad that some career sites list without a location, and counting each posting once by its number.

Across 155 of the largest US employers, updated 2026-10-10.

59,961+open US roles
3%open to remote
36%post a pay range
20%open more than 90 days

Where the openings are

Kind of jobOpen rolesTypical payOpen 90+ days
Engineering12,927$195,50031%
Retail & stores10,798$38,4805%
Manufacturing & trades2,998$82,10010%
Sales2,975$160,00029%
Supply chain & logistics2,377$93,4979%
Nursing & clinical2,307$130,0007%
Operations & management2,052$161,96818%
Finance & accounting1,669$145,50019%

Hiring the most

  1. Costco4,833+
  2. Lowe's4,331+
  3. T-Mobile2,510+
  4. Northrop Grumman2,422+
  5. RTX2,350+
  6. Target2,314+
  7. Starbucks2,147+
  8. Walmart2,061+
  9. Booz Allen Hamilton1,825+
  10. PepsiCo1,502

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US roles on each employer's own career site. A “+” means at least that many. Pay figures cover the sites that show pay in their listings, and time open covers the sites that date their postings; typical pay is the middle of the posted ranges, with hourly pay counted at 2,080 hours a year.

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