How long job postings stay open
Of the 1,691 postings that employers took down since Nov 12, 2026, half had been open 58 days or more. At the closing rates seen in the first 3 days of records, about 8% of new postings close within 7 days and 30% within 30. 34% of the 89,712 jobs open today were posted more than 90 days ago.
Counted from the careers pages of the employers we read every hour; updated Nov 14, 2026. Free to quote with a link.
Early estimate: from 1,691 closings seen in 3 days of hourly checks (since Nov 12, 2026). It reaches 30 days for now, and the 90-day figure appears once the record covers 30 days. It will move as the record grows.
How long postings stay open
| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| 0–7 days after posting | 149 |
| 8–30 days after posting | 360 |
| 31–90 days after posting | 609 |
| 91–180 days after posting | 338 |
| 181–365 days after posting | 213 |
| 366+ days after posting | 22 |
How old today’s open jobs are
Employers with long-open roles| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| 0–7 days since posting | 7,782 |
| 8–30 days since posting | 22,097 |
| 31–90 days since posting | 29,651 |
| 91–180 days since posting | 15,304 |
| 181–365 days since posting | 8,668 |
| 366+ days since posting | 6,210 |
Entry-level jobs
All entry-level jobs3,367 of the 89,712 open postings (4%) are for beginners: 2,063 internships and 1,304 junior roles. 238 can be done from home and 692 state the pay; junior roles that state a yearly range in US dollars pay $110K at the median. 317 of them (9%) ask for two years of experience or more. At the closing rates seen so far, about 38% of new entry-level postings close within 30 days, against 30% for all postings.
Where the jobs are
Jobs map55,253 of the open jobs name a city; they are spread over 212 cities. The ten with the most:
How these figures are counted
- How long do job postings stay open?
- Of the 1,691 postings that employers took down since Nov 12, 2026, half had been open 58 days or more. At the closing rates seen in the first 3 days of records, about 8% of new postings close within 7 days and 30% within 30. 34% of the 89,712 jobs open today were posted more than 90 days ago.
- How many job postings are entry level?
- 3,367 of 89,712 open tech postings (4%) are marked junior or intern in the title or by the employer: 2,063 internships and 1,304 junior roles. 317 of them (9%) still ask for two years of experience or more.
- Why are some postings open for months?
- The page does not say why: a posting stays open as long as the employer keeps it on its careers page. Some roles are hard to fill, some are kept up to collect applications all year. 30,182 of today’s open jobs were posted more than 90 days ago; each of their pages says so.
- How are the figures counted?
- Every hour the careers pages of the employers we follow are read. A posting that is no longer there is counted as closed on that day. When a whole job board empties at once, the employer has usually moved to another hiring system, so those postings (673 of them) are left out. The estimated shares multiply the daily chance of closing seen for postings of each age (up to 7 days, 8 to 30, 31 to 90, older); while the record is short they reach only 30 days ahead.
The data behind the estimate: survival.json (daily closing chance by age band, overall and by field). How the jobs are collected: methodology. Today’s run: data status.
Writing about this? A sentence you can quote
Of 89,712 open tech job postings checked on Nov 14, 2026, 34% had been up for more than 90 days; the postings that closed since Nov 12, 2026 had been open a median of 58 days. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/how-long-job-postings-stay-open/
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