The job market today

4,000,593 open jobs from 104,852 companies in 228 countries, as of October 21, 2026: where the world is hiring, by country, company and job function, from a daily read of employers' career sites, beside official labour statistics.

• Insights: today's brief, the biggest changes and the reports
• Arihaan Hiring Index: one index per country and for the world
• Companies: every employer we read, ranked by open jobs
• Countries: open jobs in every country
• Job functions, AI in job postings, AI exposure, US labour market, World economy
• Explore the data, Methodology, Data sources

Reports

• The Hiring Pulse, 21 October 2026: Retail hiring expands as global index stabilises (October 21, 2026)
• Education and training vacancies concentrate in childcare and schooling (October 21, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 20 October 2026: Media and corporate recruiters scale back hiring (October 20, 2026)
• Australian hiring softens as service demand anchors volume (October 20, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 19 October 2026: Loblaw cut drives weekly vacancy declines (October 19, 2026)
• Demand for specialised tech roles diverges across markets (October 19, 2026)
• Global labour demand steadies as corporate hiring patterns diverge (October 19, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 18 October 2026: Finance advertised salaries gain over the week (October 18, 2026)
• How hiring concentration shapes the corporate labour market (October 18, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 17 October 2026: German hiring expands as stable index edges up (October 17, 2026)
• Where employers publish pay and what they offer (October 17, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 16 October 2026: Taiwan and Mexico lead weekly hiring gains (October 16, 2026)
• Where remote and hybrid work persists across global hiring (October 16, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 15 October 2026: Retail and services lift the global hiring index (October 15, 2026)
• Retail and hospitality demand reveals heavy corporate concentration (October 15, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 14 October 2026: U-Haul cuts postings as retail hiring rebounds (October 14, 2026)
• French recruitment softens as retail and industry drive openings (October 14, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 13 October 2026: Retail recruitment expands as healthcare posts contract (October 13, 2026)
• AI hiring demand across global markets and technical job families (October 13, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 12 October 2026: Commercial real estate leads weekly vacancy reductions (October 12, 2026)
• Corporate hiring remains fragmented despite large corporate footprints (October 12, 2026)
• Global hiring stabilises as corporate cuts offset financial services demand (October 12, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 11 October 2026: ICON reduces openings as weekly hiring steadies (October 11, 2026)
• Pay transparency remains rare across global job postings (October 11, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 10 October 2026: Keyrus cuts postings while retail recruitment rises (October 10, 2026)
• Remote work settles into distinct geographic and functional niches (October 10, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 9 October 2026: Single-employer pullbacks lower openings in Taiwan and Mexico (October 9, 2026)
• Healthcare hiring shows steady demand and minimal artificial intelligence adoption (October 9, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 8 October 2026: UPS and US retailers expand open vacancies (October 8, 2026)
• German labour demand holds steady amid industrial retooling (October 8, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 7 October 2026: Major corporate employers scale back job openings (October 7, 2026)
• Measuring employer demand for artificial intelligence skills across global hiring (October 7, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 6 October 2026: Advertised pay for research roles climbs 6.0% (October 6, 2026)
• Corporate hiring concentration and the shifts among top employers (October 6, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 5 October 2026: Speechify cuts postings as global openings touch low (October 5, 2026)
• Published pay remains rare across global job openings (October 5, 2026)
• Global hiring softens as panel index touches new low (October 5, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 4 October 2026: Global job vacancies fall to new panel low (October 4, 2026)
• Where remote and hybrid work still find traction (October 4, 2026)
• The Hiring Pulse, 3 October 2026: Weekend hiring slows as retail shifts postings (October 3, 2026)
• Physical engineering demand centres on domestic infrastructure and hardware (October 3, 2026)
• Global labour demand stabilizes as corporate hiring strategies diverge (October 3, 2026)

Companies with the most open jobs

• Domino's: 24,787
• Adeeba e Services Pvt. Ltd.: 23,704
• CROSSMARK: 21,386
• Cross Border Talents: 20,056
• Compass Group: 15,542
• Loblaw Companies Limited: 14,198
• Target: 14,180
• Lowe's Companies, Inc.: 12,825
• Morgan Stanley: 11,223
• Marriott International: 10,004
• AutoZone: 10,000
• Dollar General: 10,000
• The Kroger Co.: 10,000
• Kotak Additional: 9,998
• PwC: 9,846
• Groupement Mousquetaires: 9,542
• Advance Auto Parts: 9,484
• Endeavor IT Solution: 9,224
• The TJX Companies, Inc.: 9,182
• EY: 8,966
• Albertsons Companies: 8,362
• Aramark: 7,895
• O'Reilly Auto Parts: 7,778
• Macy's: 7,721
• mvh: 7,382
• JPMC Candidate Experience page: 7,232
• Wipro: 6,991
• Tractor Supply Company: 6,743
• Cracker Barrel: 6,703
• Trinity Health: 6,676

Countries with the most open jobs

• United States: 2,478,073
• India: 170,299
• United Kingdom: 145,985
• Canada: 139,910
• Germany: 112,077
• France: 89,306
• Australia: 50,506
• Netherlands: 40,871
• Philippines: 31,990
• Spain: 31,395
• Mexico: 31,237
• Singapore: 30,037
• Malaysia: 25,055
• China: 24,744
• Brazil: 24,435
• Italy: 21,175
• Sweden: 20,467
• United Arab Emirates: 18,035
• Poland: 17,791
• Portugal: 16,094

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