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How Long Does a Tech Job Posting Stay Open?

We followed 4,091 new US tech job postings for 15 to 21 days. 18% were gone within a week and 29% within two weeks.

By Sudo Get JobPublished November 1, 2026
18% of new tech job postings are gone within a week
18%gone within 7 days
29%gone within 14 days
55%of entry-level postings gone by November 1
46%of remote postings gone by November 1

How we ran the experiment

  1. 1

    Picked new postings

    We took US tech and digital jobs that first appeared on Sudo Get Job between October 11 and 17, 2026, and that employers dated October 8 to 17. That left 4,091 postings from 796 companies.

  2. 2

    Followed each one

    Our crawler reads employers' career pages and job systems around the clock. A posting counts as gone when it disappears from the employer's page.

  3. 3

    Counted the days

    We counted from the day we first saw a posting to the day it disappeared, up to November 1. Every posting had at least 15 days to close.

The results

Chart: 18% of new tech job postings are gone within a week. Sudo Get Job data, 2026.
Time since we first saw it Postings gone Share of all 4,091
3 days 288 7%
7 days 724 18%
14 days 1,201 29%
By November 1 (15–21 days) 1,437 35%

By level

Entry-level postings left fastest, though that group is small: 118 postings.

Chart: 55% of entry-level job postings were gone in 15 to 21 days. Sudo Get Job data, 2026.
Level Postings Gone by November 1 Share
Entry level 118 65 55%
Mid level 1,668 623 37%
Intern 190 64 34%
Senior 1,003 331 33%
Lead / staff 650 209 32%
Manager 462 145 31%

By work format

Chart: 46% of remote job postings were gone in 15 to 21 days. Sudo Get Job data, 2026.
Format Postings Gone by November 1 Share
Remote 668 304 46%
Hybrid 921 329 36%
On-site 2,502 804 32%

By direction

Direction Postings Gone by November 1 Share
Data 629 247 39%
Engineering 1,354 479 35%
Content 83 29 35%
IT 678 240 35%
Marketing 258 87 34%
Product 915 303 33%
Design 174 52 30%

What this does not show

Source

Our own data: job postings on Sudo Get Job, counted on November 1, 2026. Browse all open jobs or the newest remote jobs.