Remote Work Statistics 2021
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💰 Highest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Count | Pay range | Median |
| 1 | 🧩 jQuery | 22 jobs | $50,000 - $200,000 | $132,500 |
| 2 | 🐇 Swift | 27 jobs | $50,000 - $400,000 | $130,000 |
| 3 | 🚁 Kafka | 17 jobs | $40,000 - $200,000 | $125,000 |
| 4 | ☯️ Clojure | 13 jobs | $60,000 - $200,000 | $125,000 |
| 5 | 🕵️ Quality Assurance | 19 jobs | $30,000 - $400,000 | $125,000 |
| 6 | 🐧 Linux | 42 jobs | $20,000 - $175,000 | $115,000 |
| 7 | 🤓 Engineering | 26 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $115,000 |
| 8 | 💎 Web3 | 53 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $112,500 |
| 9 | ⛓ Blockchain | 42 jobs | $40,000 - $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 10 | 🎨 Product Design | 25 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $110,000 |
| 11 | 🌳 Terraform | 38 jobs | $48,000 - $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 12 | 📱 Mobile | 102 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $110,000 |
| 13 | 🐍 Python | 211 jobs | $20,000 - $300,000 | $105,000 |
| 14 | 💰 Fintech | 29 jobs | $30,000 - $400,000 | $105,000 |
| 15 | 🏅 Crypto | 30 jobs | $40,000 - $200,000 | $105,000 |
| 16 | 🐳 Docker | 66 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $105,000 |
| 17 | 🎨 UI | 33 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $102,500 |
| 18 | 🔗 Node JavaScript | 24 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $100,000 |
| 19 | 🤠 Django | 36 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $100,000 |
| 20 | 🎨 Design | 255 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $100,000 |
| 21 | 🍎 iOS | 167 jobs | $20,000 - $300,000 | $100,000 |
| 22 | 👩✈️ Tech Lead | 29 jobs | $55,000 - $200,000 | $100,000 |
| 23 | 🐀 Golang | 402 jobs | $20,000 - $300,000 | $100,000 |
| 24 | ☁️ AWS | 151 jobs | $20,000 - $300,000 | $100,000 |
| 25 | 📦 Architecture | 67 jobs | $50,000 - $300,000 | $100,000 |
👎 Lowest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Count | Pay range | Median |
| 1 | ✍️ Copywriting | 12 jobs | $20,000 - $130,000 | $50,000 |
| 2 | ✍️ Content Marketing | 15 jobs | $20,000 - $130,000 | $50,000 |
| 3 | 💼 Sales | 28 jobs | $12,000 - $200,000 | $55,000 |
| 4 | 🎧 Customer Support | 33 jobs | $20,000 - $120,000 | $55,000 |
| 5 | 🔌 Non Tech | 48 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $55,000 |
| 6 | ✍️ Social Media | 11 jobs | $20,000 - $140,000 | $60,000 |
| 7 | ✍️ Wordpress | 33 jobs | $20,000 - $190,000 | $60,000 |
| 8 | 🔎 SEO | 15 jobs | $20,000 - $170,000 | $65,000 |
| 9 | 🧪 Testing | 23 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $70,000 |
| 10 | 🚥 Marketing | 70 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $70,000 |
| 11 | 🥞 Fullstack | 27 jobs | $20,000 - $180,000 | $70,000 |
| 12 | 🔡 HTML | 48 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $72,500 |
| 13 | ☁️ Azure | 10 jobs | $30,000 - $300,000 | $73,750 |
| 14 | 🛍 Shopify | 22 jobs | $30,000 - $400,000 | $75,000 |
| 15 | 🐘 PHP | 148 jobs | $20,000 - $190,000 | $75,000 |
| 16 | 🎨 CSS | 60 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $75,000 |
| 17 | 📦 SaaS | 69 jobs | $12,000 - $260,000 | $75,000 |
| 18 | 💚 Vue | 57 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $75,000 |
| 19 | 🛍 Ecommerce | 38 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $75,500 |
| 20 | 👩🔬 Data | 10 jobs | $40,000 - $175,000 | $77,500 |
| 21 | 🎨 Frontend | 38 jobs | $30,000 - $250,000 | $78,750 |
| 22 | 🎨 Front End | 148 jobs | $20,000 - $400,000 | $78,750 |
| 23 | 🤓 Web Developer | 35 jobs | $20,000 - $200,000 | $80,000 |
| 24 | ☁️ GCP | 13 jobs | $40,000 - $200,000 | $80,000 |
| 25 | ⚛️ Redux | 21 jobs | $25,000 - $200,000 | $80,000 |
👷 Top remote companies hiring in 2021 |
| # | Company | Top tag | Median |
| 1 | Toptal | ☕️ JavaScript | $130,000 |
| 2 | Clevertech | ☕️ JavaScript | $80,000 |
| 3 | Safetywing | 💼 Sales | $120,000 |
| 4 | Tucows | 🐍 Python | $125,000 |
| 5 | Remotesome | 🍑 Backend | $92,500 |
| 6 | Laskie | ⚛️ React | $80,000 |
| 7 | Doximity | 🚑 Health Tech | $140,000 |
| 8 | Argyle | 🐍 Python | $62,500 |
| 9 | Buddyboss | ✍️ Wordpress | $50,250 |
| 10 | Close | 📦 SaaS | $100,000 |
| 11 | Operatebeyond | 🐘 PHP | $100,000 |
| 12 | Citizenlab | Civictech | $75,000 |
| 13 | Empire Flippers LLC | 🔌 Non Tech | $55,000 |
| 14 | Aula | 👨🏫 Edtech | $112,500 |
| 15 | Toggl | 🥞 Database Admin | $72,500 |
| 16 | Drops | ☕️ JavaScript | $65,000 |
| 17 | Carthook | 🟦 Typescript | $65,000 |
| 18 | Img.ly | 🔷 C | $95,000 |
| 19 | Prospect | 🚀 Startup | $95,000 |
| 20 | Pitch | ⚛️ React | $92,500 |
| 21 | Empire Flippers | Customer Service | $50,000 |
| 22 | Chainlink Labs | 💎 Web3 | $150,000 |
| 23 | Flightradar24 | 🐘 PHP | $70,000 |
| 24 | Marcopolo Learning | ☕️ JavaScript | $92,500 |
| 25 | Learning Tapestry | 🔷 C | $80,000 |
💰 Highest paying remote companies in 2021 |
| # | Company | Top tag | Median |
| 1 | Carted | 🐀 Golang | $175,000 |
| 2 | Chainlink Labs | 💎 Web3 | $150,000 |
| 3 | Doximity | 🚑 Health Tech | $140,000 |
| 4 | Toptal | ☕️ JavaScript | $130,000 |
| 5 | Tucows | 🐍 Python | $125,000 |
| 6 | Soflyy | 🐘 PHP | $120,000 |
| 7 | Shorthand | ♾️ DevOps | $120,000 |
| 8 | Safetywing | 💼 Sales | $120,000 |
| 9 | Sticker Mule | ☕️ JavaScript | $118,500 |
| 10 | Aula | 👨🏫 Edtech | $112,500 |
| 11 | Quant Finance | 💎 Web3 | $110,000 |
| 12 | Close | 📦 SaaS | $100,000 |
| 13 | Operatebeyond | 🐘 PHP | $100,000 |
| 14 | Img.ly | 🔷 C | $95,000 |
| 15 | Prospect | 🚀 Startup | $95,000 |
| 16 | America's Test Kitchen | 💎 Ruby | $95,000 |
| 17 | Remotesome | 🍑 Backend | $92,500 |
| 18 | Pitch | ⚛️ React | $92,500 |
| 19 | Marcopolo Learning | ☕️ JavaScript | $92,500 |
| 20 | Ampcontrol | ♾️ DevOps | $90,000 |
| 21 | Carb Manager | 💚 Vue | $90,000 |
| 22 | Rally | 🐬 SQL | $90,000 |
| 23 | Ghost | 🎧 Customer Support | $87,500 |
| 24 | Catenda | ⚛️ React | $85,000 |
| 25 | Cohabs | ☕️ JavaScript | $85,000 |
💸 Fastest growing + highest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Change | Median |
| 1 | 💎 Web3 | +279% | $112,500 |
| 2 | 🐇 Swift | +80% | $130,000 |
| 3 | 🤓 Engineering | +160% | $115,000 |
| 4 | ⛓ Blockchain | +200% | $110,000 |
| 5 | 🐳 Docker | +267% | $105,000 |
| 6 | 🕵️ Quality Assurance | +58% | $125,000 |
| 7 | 🎨 Product Design | +150% | $110,000 |
| 8 | ☁️ AWS | +208% | $100,000 |
| 9 | 🏅 Crypto | +150% | $105,000 |
| 10 | 🎨 UI | +106% | $102,500 |
| 11 | 🤠 Django | +200% | $100,000 |
| 12 | 🐀 Golang | +131% | $100,000 |
| 13 | 🛤 Rails | +235% | $95,000 |
| 14 | 🐬 MySQL | +206% | $92,500 |
| 15 | 🎨 Design | +138% | $100,000 |
| 16 | 🦑 Kubernetes | +280% | $90,000 |
| 17 | 🐍 Python | +21% | $105,000 |
| 18 | 🧩 Elasticsearch | +130% | $95,000 |
| 19 | 🍃 Mongo | +150% | $92,500 |
| 20 | 🐬 SQL | +146% | $90,000 |
| 21 | 💰 Finance | +104% | $92,500 |
| 22 | 👩✈️ Tech Lead | +26% | $100,000 |
| 23 | 🎨 UX | +100% | $95,000 |
| 24 | 🍎 iOS | +13% | $100,000 |
| 25 | 🍃 Mongo | +106% | $90,000 |
🙅♀️ Fastest shrinking + lowest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Change | Median |
| 1 | ♾️ Admin | -23% | $80,000 |
| 2 | 🤖 Android | -10% | $80,000 |
| 3 | 🤓 Web Developer | -23% | $80,000 |
| 4 | 🔬 Quality Assurance | -18% | $80,000 |
| 5 | 🤓 Developer | -6% | $85,000 |
| 6 | 📦 Product Manager | -33% | $86,500 |
| 7 | 🅰️ Angular | -29% | $90,000 |
| 8 | 🔷 C | -39% | $95,000 |
| 9 | ➕ C Plus Plus | -31% | $95,000 |
| 10 | ☕️ Java | -15% | $95,000 |
| 11 | 📦 Architecture | -46% | $100,000 |
| 12 | ♾️ DevOps | -18% | $98,375 |
| 13 | 🤓 Engineer | -2% | $100,000 |
| 14 | 📱 Mobile | -21% | $110,000 |
| 15 | 🐧 Linux | -5% | $115,000 |
🏆 Most popular remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | 2021 | Median | Remote market |
| 1 | ☕️ JavaScript | 646 jobs | $85,000 | $6.9bn |
| 2 | 🍑 Backend | 621 jobs | $85,000 | $6.6bn |
| 3 | 🥞 Full Stack | 494 jobs | $85,000 | $5.2bn |
| 4 | 🎨 Front End | 471 jobs | $78,750 | $4.6bn |
| 5 | 💎 Ruby | 422 jobs | $98,500 | $5.2bn |
| 6 | 🐀 Golang | 385 jobs | $100,000 | $4.8bn |
| 7 | ⚛️ React | 381 jobs | $90,000 | $4.3bn |
| 8 | ♾️ DevOps | 378 jobs | $98,375 | $4.6bn |
| 9 | 🐘 PHP | 224 jobs | $75,000 | $2.1bn |
| 10 | 🚥 Marketing | 205 jobs | $70,000 | $1.8bn |
| 11 | 🎨 Design | 202 jobs | $100,000 | $2.5bn |
| 12 | 🐍 Python | 186 jobs | $105,000 | $2.4bn |
| 13 | 🔗 Node | 183 jobs | $85,000 | $1.9bn |
| 14 | 🔌 Non Tech | 182 jobs | $55,000 | $1.3bn |
| 15 | 🍎 iOS | 164 jobs | $100,000 | $2.1bn |
| 16 | 🎧 Customer Support | 156 jobs | $55,000 | $1.1bn |
| 17 | 🟦 Typescript | 133 jobs | $80,000 | $1.3bn |
| 18 | ☁️ AWS | 133 jobs | $100,000 | $1.7bn |
| 19 | 🐬 SQL | 128 jobs | $90,000 | $1.4bn |
| 20 | ♾️ Admin | 123 jobs | $80,000 | $1.2bn |
| 21 | ☕️ Java | 121 jobs | $95,000 | $1.4bn |
| 22 | ☁️ Cloud | 118 jobs | $100,000 | $1.5bn |
| 23 | ♾️ Sys Admin | 109 jobs | $92,500 | $1.3bn |
| 24 | 🤓 Web Developer | 108 jobs | $80,000 | $1.1bn |
| 25 | 📦 SaaS | 98 jobs | $75,000 | $0.9bn |
🙅♀️ Least popular remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | 2021 | Median | Remote market |
| 1 | 🧩 Elasticsearch | 20 jobs | $95,000 | $0.2bn |
| 2 | 💼 Consulting | 20 jobs | $77,500 | $0.2bn |
| 3 | 🔎 SEO | 21 jobs | $65,000 | $0.2bn |
| 4 | 🚑 Medical | 22 jobs | $120,000 | $0.3bn |
| 5 | 👩🔬 Information Services | 23 jobs | n/a | $0.0bn |
| 6 | ☕️ Kotlin | 23 jobs | $85,000 | $0.2bn |
| 7 | ☁️ Serverless | 23 jobs | $87,500 | $0.3bn |
| 8 | 🚀 Growth | 23 jobs | $97,500 | $0.3bn |
| 9 | ⚛️ Redux | 24 jobs | $80,000 | $0.2bn |
| 10 | 🎨 Product Design | 24 jobs | $110,000 | $0.3bn |
| 11 | 💰 Fintech | 25 jobs | $105,000 | $0.3bn |
| 12 | 🧠 Redis | 26 jobs | $85,000 | $0.3bn |
| 13 | 🐇 Swift | 26 jobs | $130,000 | $0.4bn |
| 14 | 🛍 Shopify | 26 jobs | $75,000 | $0.2bn |
| 15 | 🏅 Crypto | 26 jobs | $105,000 | $0.3bn |
| 16 | 🤓 Engineering | 26 jobs | $115,000 | $0.4bn |
| 17 | 👩✈️ Tech Lead | 27 jobs | $100,000 | $0.3bn |
| 18 | 👶 Junior | 27 jobs | $40,000 | $0.1bn |
| 19 | 🐬 PostgreSQL | 27 jobs | $80,000 | $0.3bn |
| 20 | 🎨 UX | 28 jobs | $95,000 | $0.3bn |
| 21 | 🍃 Mongo | 28 jobs | $92,500 | $0.3bn |
| 22 | 🎨 UI | 28 jobs | $102,500 | $0.4bn |
| 23 | 🕹 Game Developer | 29 jobs | $80,000 | $0.3bn |
| 24 | 🌳 Terraform | 30 jobs | $110,000 | $0.4bn |
| 25 | 🤠 Django | 30 jobs | $100,000 | $0.4bn |
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