Pay transparency in remote job postings
Data as of November 1, 2026 · updated daily · Download CSV
Only 9.6% of remote and hybrid job postings in the European Union show pay, against 62.9% in the United States and 14.7% in the United Kingdom.
EU member states had until June 7, 2026 to put the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law. In June 2026, 9.7% of EU postings showed pay; in October 2026, 9.8%.
- All postings
- 35%
- 82,497 postings
- United States
- 62.9%
- 34,207 postings
- European Union
- 9.6%
- 12,963 postings
- United Kingdom
- 14.7%
- 6,300 postings
Share of postings that show pay, by month posted
Remote and hybrid postings, European Union vs United States vs United Kingdom
- United States
- European Union
- United Kingdom
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| Month | United States | European Union | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 64.3% of 3,465 | 9.7% of 1,359 | 13% of 869 |
| Jul 2026 | 67.6% of 6,606 | 10.2% of 2,363 | 15.9% of 1,175 |
| Aug 2026 | 65.5% of 11,044 | 11.3% of 3,156 | 15.6% of 1,755 |
| Sep 2026 | 63.7% of 14,210 | 10.1% of 5,278 | 13.3% of 2,749 |
| Oct 2026 | 64.2% of 16,409 | 9.8% of 5,925 | 13.7% of 3,532 |
| Nov 2026 (to date) | – | – | – |
* Month to date. Months group postings by the date they were posted. We only see a company's postings from the day we start tracking its board, so the series starts in June 2026 and shows shares rather than counts: our coverage grew each month, and counts would mostly track that growth. A month with fewer than 200 postings in a group is left blank.
Share of postings that show pay, by country
Active remote and hybrid postings, countries with at least 300
- EU member state
- Other country
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| Country | Show pay | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 62.9% | 34,207 |
| Canada | 50.4% | 3,233 |
| Italy (EU) | 29.6% | 375 |
| Philippines | 19.8% | 1,982 |
| Netherlands (EU) | 18.4% | 909 |
| Argentina | 18.4% | 641 |
| Ireland (EU) | 14.8% | 603 |
| United Kingdom | 14.7% | 6,300 |
| Portugal (EU) | 14.1% | 652 |
| Spain (EU) | 11.5% | 995 |
| Mexico | 11.2% | 1,284 |
| Colombia | 10.7% | 820 |
| Australia | 8.6% | 1,064 |
| Germany (EU) | 8.3% | 2,756 |
| France (EU) | 6.8% | 1,733 |
| Poland (EU) | 6.1% | 1,213 |
| South Africa | 5.9% | 542 |
| Belgium (EU) | 5.6% | 301 |
| Singapore | 5.3% | 564 |
| Bulgaria (EU) | 4.3% | 369 |
| Greece (EU) | 3.3% | 579 |
| India | 2.2% | 2,654 |
| Ukraine | 2.2% | 462 |
| Japan | 2.1% | 580 |
| Brazil | 1.9% | 4,395 |
| Sweden (EU) | 1.8% | 332 |
| Romania (EU) | 1.5% | 395 |
| Israel | 0.9% | 320 |
How these numbers are made
A posting shows pay when the posting itself states a salary, a pay range or an hourly rate. A posting's country is where the job is based. For a remote job with no base, it's the one country the job is open to. “European Union” adds up all 27 member states.
Months group postings by the date they were posted. We only see a company's postings from the day we start tracking its board, so the series starts in June 2026 and shows shares rather than counts: our coverage grew each month, and counts would mostly track that growth. A month with fewer than 200 postings in a group is left blank.
The EU directive (2023/970) gives applicants the right to pay information before the interview, in the job posting or otherwise. A posting without pay is therefore not a breach in itself. These figures show how often pay is published up front.
The data covers active remote and hybrid postings that Remote Jobs Rock collects from companies' own applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and others). Job aggregators, staffing agencies and gig marketplaces are excluded. That makes it a large, direct-from-employer sample. It is not a census of every job, and it leans toward companies that hire through those systems. The figures are recomputed every day, so they can differ from an earlier visit. The CSV shows the date of each figure.
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