2026 Q3 · Quarterly Hiring Report
ProductJobs.io Hiring Report — 2026 Q3
Built from 1,866 job listings posted on ProductJobs.io in 2026 Q3 · Generated October 1, 2026
ProductJobs.io’s 2026 Q3 report covers hiring activity on productjobs.io for July through September 2026. Every figure in this report refers to job postings published during the quarter.
The quarter was marked by 1,866 postings published on the board.
Key findings
ProductJobs.io recorded 1,866 job postings from 1,014 companies in 2026 Q3.
Among 1,220 postings that included salary information, the median advertised salary was $152,500, with the lower quartile at $127,500 and the upper quartile at $179,050.
Remote accounted for 10.1% of postings in Q3, while work arrangement counts were 189 remote, 437 hybrid, and 1,240 onsite.
Amazon.com Services LLC published 59 postings, followed by JPMorganChase with 45 and Lululemon with 39.
New York appeared most often among listed locations with 200 postings, ahead of San Francisco, CA at 76 and Atlanta, GA at 58.
Posting volume by month
Salary distribution (yearly, USD, n=1220)
| Min | P25 | Median | P75 | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $45,000 | $127,500 | $152,500 | $179,050 | $345,000 |
Most in-demand skills
- Product Management1493
- Product Strategy1051
- Product Manager784
- Product Operations610
- Product Owner581
- Product Development522
- Program Management520
- Customer Experience496
- Data Analytics486
- Management442
- Product Analytics390
- Manager368
- Workflow Management340
- Project Management328
- Ai Workflows318
Work arrangement
Of 1,866 postings: 189 remote, 437 hybrid, 1,240 on-site (unclassified counted as on-site — see methodology).
Top hiring companies
Top locations
- New York200
- San Francisco, CA76
- Atlanta, GA58
- Seattle, WA51
- Charlotte, NC49
- Chicago, IL40
- Boston, MA29
- Austin, TX26
Compared with 2026 Q2, posting volume rose from 493 to 1,866, a quarter-over-quarter change of 278.5%. Over the same period, the median advertised salary moved from $160,050 to $152,500, a change of -4.7%, while the remote share increased from 6.7% to 10.1%. Within the salary distribution, the lower quartile sat at $127,500, the median at $152,500, and the upper quartile at $179,050, indicating that a large share of salary-tagged postings clustered in the low-$100k to upper-$100k band, with published figures extending from $45,000 to $345,000.
Across the quarter, remote share shifted noticeably by month, at 10.1% in July, 17% in August, and 3.2% in September. In work arrangement terms, onsite postings were the largest group at 1,240, with hybrid at 437 and remote at 189. Where postings specified a job type, full-time roles dominated at 1,786, while contract appeared on 75 postings, part-time on 4, and internship on 1. Tag volume points to a board centered on Product Management at 1,493 postings and Product Strategy at 1,051, with Product Manager at 784 and Product Operations at 610 also featuring prominently.
By employment type: Full Time 1,786 · Contract 75 · Part Time 4 · Internship 1.
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Source: ProductJobs.io 2026 Q3 Hiring Report — https://productjobs.io/reports/hiring-report-2026-q3