Who was hiring in October 2026
What 43,751 new job postings on the JobQuill board say about which industries, roles and states were hiring, counted from postings that first appeared from October 1, 2026 to October 27, 2026.
These are JobQuill listings, not the whole job market. The board reads employers' own hiring pages and USAJOBS, so it leans toward large employers and leaves out jobs posted only on other sites. How we counted is at the end of this page.
Published October 28, 2026
The month in four numbers
- New postings
- 43,751
- Employers
- 492
- Remote
- 5.2%
- Entry-level titles
- 13.2%
What stood out
Healthcare led the board
12,101 of 43,751 new postings (27.7%) were healthcare roles, and Registered Nurse was the most posted title, at 3,522 postings from 69 employers.
Few titles said entry level
5,776 postings (13.2%) had a title that marks the job as entry level, such as assistant, aide, junior or intern. The most common was Medical Assistant, at 679. Many more jobs may take beginners without saying so in the title.
Office and admin had the most entry-level titles
Among industries with at least 500 new postings, office and admin had the highest share of entry-level titles: 314 of 846 (37.1%). Technology had 79 of 2,522 (3.1%).
Remote work was a small slice
2,285 new postings (5.2%) were remote. Among industries with at least 500 postings, finance and insurance had the highest remote share: 103 of 780 (13.2%).
New postings by industry
Share of all 43,751 new postings. "Not yet sorted" is 10,197 postings whose titles we have not matched to a role yet, such as an employer's own job code.
- Healthcare12,10127.7% of all new postings
- Not yet sorted10,19723.3% of all new postings
- Sales and retail4,41710.1% of all new postings
- Technology2,5225.8% of all new postings
- Skilled trades1,9514.5% of all new postings
- Management and operations1,8894.3% of all new postings
- Transportation and logistics1,6963.9% of all new postings
- Hospitality and food1,1712.7% of all new postings
- Science and research9692.2% of all new postings
- Nonprofit and social services8932.0% of all new postings
- Office and admin8461.9% of all new postings
- HR and recruiting8051.8% of all new postings
- Finance and insurance7801.8% of all new postings
- Education7681.8% of all new postings
- Engineering and architecture7281.7% of all new postings
- Public safety and emergency4181.0% of all new postings
- Data and analytics3410.8% of all new postings
- Legal2610.6% of all new postings
- Government and public service2370.5% of all new postings
- Personal care and fitness2090.5% of all new postings
- Marketing1910.4% of all new postings
- Agriculture and environment1120.3% of all new postings
- Military and veteran990.2% of all new postings
- Design750.2% of all new postings
- Media, arts and sports410.1% of all new postings
- Real estate and property340.1% of all new postings
The most posted roles
The 15 job titles with the most new postings, and how many different employers posted each. Share of all new postings. Each role links to its open postings on the board today.
- Registered Nurse
from 69 employers
3,5228.1% of all new postings - Customer Service Representative
from 42 employers
1,8604.3% of all new postings - Delivery Driver
from 10 employers
8371.9% of all new postings - Medical Assistant
from 46 employers
7111.6% of all new postings - Licensed Practical Nurse
from 41 employers
7081.6% of all new postings - Assistant Manager
from 19 employers
6831.6% of all new postings - Caregiver
from 6 employers
5681.3% of all new postings - Software Engineer
from 110 employers
5041.2% of all new postings - General Manager
from 21 employers
4951.1% of all new postings - Retail Sales Associate
from 22 employers
4821.1% of all new postings - Social Worker
from 49 employers
4591.0% of all new postings - Medical Support Assistant
from 3 employers
4371.0% of all new postings - Certified Nursing Assistant
from 32 employers
4351.0% of all new postings - IT Specialist
from 111 employers
4080.9% of all new postings - Human Resources Specialist
from 105 employers
3730.9% of all new postings
Where the entry-level titles were
5,776 postings had a title that marks the job as entry level (assistant, aide, junior, intern and similar). These are the most common. Share of those 5,776.
- Medical Assistant
from 42 employers
67911.8% of entry-level postings - Retail Sales Associate
from 18 employers
4517.8% of entry-level postings - Medical Support Assistant
from 3 employers
3576.2% of entry-level postings - Certified Nursing Assistant
from 30 employers
3235.6% of entry-level postings - Administrative Assistant
from 65 employers
2754.8% of entry-level postings - Home Health Aide
from 6 employers
1132.0% of entry-level postings - Registered Nurse
from 16 employers
931.6% of entry-level postings - Rehabilitation Aide
from 10 employers
901.6% of entry-level postings - Laboratory Assistant
from 22 employers
861.5% of entry-level postings - HR Assistant
from 30 employers
791.4% of entry-level postings
The states with the most new postings
Share of the 31,470 US postings whose state we could read. Big states lead partly because they are big: this is where postings were, not how hard it is to get hired there.
- California5,90718.8% of US postings with a state
- Texas2,4527.8% of US postings with a state
- Pennsylvania1,6425.2% of US postings with a state
- New York1,6415.2% of US postings with a state
- Florida1,3354.2% of US postings with a state
- Virginia1,3224.2% of US postings with a state
- Ohio1,2654.0% of US postings with a state
- Massachusetts1,0593.4% of US postings with a state
- Illinois1,0183.2% of US postings with a state
- Arizona8792.8% of US postings with a state
The bigger picture
US job openings at the end of August 2026, little changed from July, an openings rate of 4.3 percent.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), released September 29, 2026.
How we counted
- We counted every posting that first appeared on the JobQuill board from October 1, 2026 to October 27, 2026 (Pacific time), once, however long it stayed open.
- The board reads employers' own hiring pages (Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, Ashby, Lever, Workable and Breezy) and USAJOBS, which supplied 5,450 of these postings. The Remotive and Jobicy remote job feeds are left out of this report.
- We added new employers to the board during the month, so this report compares shares within October 2026 only. It does not say whether hiring rose or fell.
- Industry and role come from matching each title to our role catalogue. Entry level and senior are read from the title alone, so a job open to beginners that does not say so in its title is not counted as entry level.
- 31,839 postings were in the United States by their listed location; most of the rest had a location we could not read.
- Pay is left out: too few postings state it in a form we can read reliably.
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