Remote Work Statistics 2021
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💰 Highest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Count | Pay range | Median |
| 1 | React JS | 12 jobs | $55,000 - $275,000 | $175,000 |
| 2 | 🐇 Swift | 31 jobs | $60,000 - $170,000 | $125,000 |
| 3 | 🚁 Kafka | 18 jobs | $100,000 - $150,000 | $125,000 |
| 4 | 🌳 Terraform | 40 jobs | $100,000 - $150,000 | $125,000 |
| 5 | 🧩 jQuery | 24 jobs | $110,000 - $130,000 | $120,000 |
| 6 | 🍑 Back End | 22 jobs | $60,000 - $130,000 | $115,000 |
| 7 | 🐧 Linux | 42 jobs | $95,000 - $120,000 | $112,500 |
| 8 | 🐀 Go | 17 jobs | $80,000 - $120,000 | $112,500 |
| 9 | 🎨 Product Design | 26 jobs | $90,000 - $130,000 | $110,000 |
| 10 | 📱 Mobile | 107 jobs | $60,000 - $140,000 | $110,000 |
| 11 | 🤓 Engineering | 27 jobs | $77,500 - $140,000 | $108,750 |
| 12 | 💰 Fintech | 34 jobs | $85,000 - $145,000 | $107,500 |
| 13 | 🏅 Crypto | 42 jobs | $80,000 - $140,000 | $105,000 |
| 14 | 💎 Web3 | 67 jobs | $80,000 - $140,000 | $105,000 |
| 15 | 🐀 Golang | 417 jobs | $70,000 - $130,000 | $105,000 |
| 16 | ⛓ Blockchain | 60 jobs | $70,000 - $140,000 | $105,000 |
| 17 | 🐍 Python | 230 jobs | $80,000 - $135,000 | $105,000 |
| 18 | 🐳 Docker | 67 jobs | $80,000 - $130,000 | $105,000 |
| 19 | 🤠 Django | 39 jobs | $80,000 - $130,000 | $105,000 |
| 20 | 🧩 Elasticsearch | 23 jobs | $50,000 - $130,000 | $100,000 |
| 21 | 🦑 Kubernetes | 64 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $100,000 |
| 22 | ☁️ Cloud | 131 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $100,000 |
| 23 | ➕ C Plus Plus | 62 jobs | $80,000 - $120,000 | $100,000 |
| 24 | 🕵️ Quality Assurance | 21 jobs | $55,000 - $120,000 | $100,000 |
| 25 | 🔷 C | 111 jobs | $80,000 - $120,000 | $100,000 |
| 26 | 🤓 Developer | 43 jobs | $60,000 - $123,000 | $100,000 |
| 27 | 📦 Architecture | 71 jobs | $80,000 - $122,500 | $100,000 |
| 28 | ☁️ AWS | 158 jobs | $80,000 - $120,000 | $100,000 |
| 29 | 👩✈️ Lead | 19 jobs | $75,000 - $125,000 | $97,500 |
| 30 | 🎨 Design | 264 jobs | $60,000 - $120,000 | $97,500 |
| 31 | 🚀 Growth | 25 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $97,500 |
| 32 | 🎨 UI | 35 jobs | $60,000 - $120,000 | $97,500 |
| 33 | 👩✈️ Tech Lead | 32 jobs | $80,000 - $110,000 | $97,500 |
| 34 | ♾️ DevOps | 375 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $96,750 |
| 35 | 🎨 UX | 34 jobs | $70,000 - $110,000 | $95,000 |
| 36 | 💰 Finance | 65 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $95,000 |
| 37 | ⚛️ React Native | 78 jobs | $60,000 - $120,000 | $95,000 |
| 38 | 🅰️ Angular | 46 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $95,000 |
| 39 | 🦀 Rust | 13 jobs | $65,000 - $110,000 | $95,000 |
| 40 | React JS | 15 jobs | $50,000 - $120,000 | $95,000 |
| 41 | ☕️ Java | 133 jobs | $70,000 - $110,000 | $95,000 |
| 42 | 🐬 SQL | 146 jobs | $60,000 - $110,000 | $95,000 |
| 43 | 🐬 MySQL | 51 jobs | $55,000 - $115,000 | $95,000 |
| 44 | 💎 Ruby | 489 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $95,000 |
| 45 | 🔗 Node JS | 27 jobs | $65,000 - $120,000 | $92,500 |
| 46 | ♾️ Sys Admin | 108 jobs | $70,000 - $105,000 | $92,500 |
| 47 | ☕️ JavaScript | 122 jobs | $65,000 - $110,000 | $92,500 |
| 48 | 🤖 AI | 17 jobs | $50,000 - $140,000 | $90,000 |
| 49 | 🐬 Postgres | 62 jobs | $70,000 - $130,000 | $90,000 |
| 50 | 👩🔬 Data Science | 71 jobs | $60,000 - $140,000 | $90,000 |
👎 Lowest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Count | Pay range | Median |
| 1 | ✍️ Copywriting | 11 jobs | $40,000 - $60,000 | $50,000 |
| 2 | ✍️ Content Marketing | 15 jobs | $40,000 - $60,000 | $50,000 |
| 3 | 💼 Sales | 30 jobs | $50,000 - $60,000 | $55,000 |
| 4 | 🎧 Customer Support | 33 jobs | $40,000 - $70,000 | $55,000 |
| 5 | ❓ Other | 13 jobs | $40,000 - $70,000 | $55,000 |
| 6 | 🔌 Non Tech | 50 jobs | $40,000 - $68,750 | $55,000 |
| 7 | ✍️ Wordpress | 34 jobs | $50,000 - $80,000 | $60,000 |
| 8 | ✍️ Social Media | 12 jobs | $46,000 - $85,000 | $60,000 |
| 9 | 🔎 SEO | 15 jobs | $50,000 - $85,000 | $67,500 |
| 10 | 🧪 Testing | 31 jobs | $50,000 - $90,000 | $70,000 |
| 11 | 🚥 Marketing | 69 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $70,000 |
| 12 | 🛍 Shopify | 24 jobs | $55,000 - $90,000 | $75,000 |
| 13 | Automation | 12 jobs | $60,000 - $90,000 | $75,000 |
| 14 | 🥞 Fullstack | 31 jobs | $60,000 - $90,000 | $75,000 |
| 15 | 💼 B2B | 13 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $75,000 |
| 16 | 🔡 HTML | 58 jobs | $50,000 - $100,000 | $75,000 |
| 17 | 🎨 CSS | 74 jobs | $50,000 - $100,000 | $75,000 |
| 18 | 📦 SaaS | 72 jobs | $60,000 - $94,000 | $75,000 |
| 19 | 🛍 Ecommerce | 44 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $75,500 |
| 20 | Tech | 10 jobs | $52,500 - $97,500 | $76,250 |
| 21 | 💼 Consulting | 10 jobs | $65,000 - $95,000 | $77,500 |
| 22 | 🕹 Game Developer | 12 jobs | $70,000 - $90,000 | $77,500 |
| 23 | 🐘 PHP | 164 jobs | $50,000 - $100,000 | $77,500 |
| 24 | 🔬 Quality Assurance | 31 jobs | $50,000 - $90,000 | $80,000 |
| 25 | 🎨 Frontend | 43 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $80,000 |
| 26 | 🤖 Android | 28 jobs | $50,000 - $105,000 | $80,000 |
| 27 | ♾️ Admin | 25 jobs | $70,000 - $100,000 | $80,000 |
| 28 | 🎨 Figma | 11 jobs | $60,000 - $90,000 | $80,000 |
| 29 | 🤓 Web Developer | 42 jobs | $60,000 - $90,000 | $80,000 |
| 30 | 👩🔬 Data | 11 jobs | $50,000 - $100,000 | $80,000 |
| 31 | 🎨 Front End | 173 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $80,000 |
| 32 | 💚 Vue | 62 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $80,000 |
| 33 | 🤖 API | 54 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $82,500 |
| 34 | 🍎 iOS | 52 jobs | $60,000 - $110,000 | $82,500 |
| 35 | ☁️ GCP | 16 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $82,500 |
| 36 | ☕️ Kotlin | 19 jobs | $70,000 - $120,000 | $85,000 |
| 37 | ⚛️ Redux | 24 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $85,000 |
| 38 | 🍃 Mongo | 25 jobs | $60,000 - $110,000 | $85,000 |
| 39 | ☕️ JavaScript | 467 jobs | $60,000 - $108,000 | $85,000 |
| 40 | 🧠 Redis | 22 jobs | $60,000 - $110,000 | $85,000 |
| 41 | 🐬 PostgreSQL | 25 jobs | $60,000 - $105,000 | $85,000 |
| 42 | 🔗 Node | 154 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $85,000 |
| 43 | 🍑 Backend | 170 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $85,000 |
| 44 | 🟦 Typescript | 127 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $85,000 |
| 45 | ⚛️ GraphQL | 35 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $85,000 |
| 46 | 🚀 Startup | 36 jobs | $70,000 - $100,000 | $87,500 |
| 47 | 🍃 Mongo | 22 jobs | $65,000 - $115,000 | $87,500 |
| 48 | 📦 Product Manager | 30 jobs | $70,000 - $100,000 | $88,250 |
| 49 | 📦 Product | 28 jobs | $60,000 - $100,000 | $88,250 |
| 50 | 📦 Laravel | 29 jobs | $50,000 - $100,000 | $90,000 |
👷 Top remote companies hiring in 2021 |
| # | Company | Top tag | Median |
| 1 | Toptal | ☕️ JavaScript | $175,000 |
| 2 | Clevertech | ☕️ JavaScript | $85,000 |
| 3 | Safetywing | 🚥 Marketing | $120,000 |
| 4 | Tucows | 🐍 Python | $125,000 |
| 5 | Doximity | 💎 Ruby | $140,000 |
| 6 | Laskie | ☕️ JavaScript | $85,000 |
| 7 | Remotesome | 🍑 Backend | $92,500 |
| 8 | Citizenlab | 💎 Ruby | $72,500 |
| 9 | Argyle | 🐍 Python | $62,500 |
| 10 | Close | 📦 SaaS | $100,000 |
| 11 | Operatebeyond | 🐘 PHP | $100,000 |
| 12 | Buddyboss | ✍️ Wordpress | $52,500 |
| 13 | Empire Flippers | 🔌 Non Tech | $50,000 |
| 14 | Sticker Mule | ☕️ JavaScript | $115,000 |
| 15 | Empire Flippers LLC | 🔌 Non Tech | $55,000 |
| 16 | Carted | 🐀 Golang | $155,000 |
| 17 | Flightradar24 | 🐘 PHP | $70,000 |
| 18 | Aula | 👨🏫 Edtech | $115,000 |
| 19 | Drops | ☕️ JavaScript | $67,500 |
| 20 | Toggl | 🥞 Database Admin | $72,500 |
| 21 | Img.ly | 🔷 C | $95,000 |
| 22 | Pitch | ⚛️ React | $92,500 |
| 23 | Carthook | 🟦 Typescript | $65,000 |
| 24 | Chainlink Labs | 💎 Web3 | $150,000 |
| 25 | Marcopolo Learning | ☕️ JavaScript | $92,500 |
💰 Highest paying remote companies in 2021 |
| # | Company | Top tag | Median |
| 1 | Toptal | ☕️ JavaScript | $175,000 |
| 2 | Whimsical | ☯️ Clojure | $167,000 |
| 3 | Carted | 🐀 Golang | $155,000 |
| 4 | Chainlink Labs | 💎 Web3 | $150,000 |
| 5 | Doximity | 💎 Ruby | $140,000 |
| 6 | Tucows | 🐍 Python | $125,000 |
| 7 | Shorthand | ♾️ DevOps | $120,000 |
| 8 | Safetywing | 🚥 Marketing | $120,000 |
| 9 | Aula | 👨🏫 Edtech | $115,000 |
| 10 | Sticker Mule | ☕️ JavaScript | $115,000 |
| 11 | Quant Finance | 💎 Web3 | $110,000 |
| 12 | Learning Tapestry | 🔷 C | $100,000 |
| 13 | Close | 📦 SaaS | $100,000 |
| 14 | Operatebeyond | 🐘 PHP | $100,000 |
| 15 | Silverfin | 💎 Ruby | $96,750 |
| 16 | Prospect | 🚀 Startup | $95,000 |
| 17 | America's Test Kitchen | 💎 Ruby | $95,000 |
| 18 | Img.ly | 🔷 C | $95,000 |
| 19 | Remotesome | 🍑 Backend | $92,500 |
| 20 | Pitch | ⚛️ React | $92,500 |
| 21 | Marcopolo Learning | ☕️ JavaScript | $92,500 |
| 22 | Rally | 🐬 SQL | $90,000 |
| 23 | Ampcontrol | ♾️ DevOps | $90,000 |
| 24 | Carb Manager | 💚 Vue | $90,000 |
| 25 | Ghost | 🎧 Customer Support | $87,500 |
💸 Fastest growing + highest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Change | Median |
| 1 | 🐇 Swift | +107% | $125,000 |
| 2 | 💎 Web3 | +458% | $105,000 |
| 3 | 🏅 Crypto | +320% | $105,000 |
| 4 | ⛓ Blockchain | +400% | $105,000 |
| 5 | 🐳 Docker | +235% | $105,000 |
| 6 | 🤠 Django | +179% | $105,000 |
| 7 | 🤓 Developer | +291% | $100,000 |
| 8 | 🦑 Kubernetes | +327% | $100,000 |
| 9 | 🐀 Golang | +116% | $105,000 |
| 10 | ☁️ AWS | +168% | $100,000 |
| 11 | 🐬 MySQL | +264% | $95,000 |
| 12 | 🧩 Elasticsearch | +130% | $100,000 |
| 13 | 🎨 Design | +147% | $97,500 |
| 14 | 🐍 Python | +32% | $105,000 |
| 15 | 🐬 SQL | +165% | $95,000 |
| 16 | 🟦 Typescript | +383% | $85,000 |
| 17 | 💰 Finance | +103% | $95,000 |
| 18 | 🕵️ Quality Assurance | +75% | $100,000 |
| 19 | 🎨 UI | +94% | $97,500 |
| 20 | 👩✈️ Tech Lead | +60% | $97,500 |
| 21 | ⚛️ GraphQL | +167% | $85,000 |
| 22 | 🐬 Postgres | +114% | $90,000 |
| 23 | ☁️ Cloud | +13% | $100,000 |
| 24 | 📦 Laravel | +120% | $90,000 |
| 25 | 🍃 Mongo | +135% | $87,500 |
🙅♀️ Fastest shrinking + lowest paying remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | Change | Median |
| 1 | 🤓 Web Developer | -21% | $80,000 |
| 2 | ♾️ Admin | -19% | $80,000 |
| 3 | 🤖 Android | -5% | $80,000 |
| 4 | 📦 Product Manager | -42% | $88,250 |
| 5 | 🤓 Developer | -3% | $90,000 |
| 6 | ☕️ Java | -14% | $95,000 |
| 7 | 🅰️ Angular | -10% | $95,000 |
| 8 | ♾️ DevOps | -21% | $96,750 |
| 9 | 📦 Architecture | -42% | $100,000 |
| 10 | 🔷 C | -27% | $100,000 |
| 11 | ➕ C Plus Plus | -18% | $100,000 |
| 12 | 🤓 Engineer | -1% | $100,000 |
| 13 | 📱 Mobile | -12% | $110,000 |
🏆 Most popular remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | 2021 | Median | Remote market |
| 1 | ☕️ JavaScript | 678 jobs | $85,000 | $7.2bn |
| 2 | 🍑 Backend | 636 jobs | $85,000 | $6.8bn |
| 3 | 🥞 Full Stack | 499 jobs | $90,000 | $5.6bn |
| 4 | 🎨 Front End | 467 jobs | $80,000 | $4.7bn |
| 5 | 💎 Ruby | 434 jobs | $95,000 | $5.2bn |
| 6 | ⚛️ React | 404 jobs | $90,000 | $4.5bn |
| 7 | 🐀 Golang | 395 jobs | $105,000 | $5.2bn |
| 8 | ♾️ DevOps | 362 jobs | $96,750 | $4.4bn |
| 9 | 🐘 PHP | 234 jobs | $77,500 | $2.3bn |
| 10 | 🚥 Marketing | 220 jobs | $70,000 | $1.9bn |
| 11 | 🎨 Design | 212 jobs | $97,500 | $2.6bn |
| 12 | 🔌 Non Tech | 199 jobs | $55,000 | $1.4bn |
| 13 | 🐍 Python | 195 jobs | $105,000 | $2.6bn |
| 14 | 🔗 Node | 195 jobs | $85,000 | $2.1bn |
| 15 | 🍎 iOS | 170 jobs | $82,500 | $1.8bn |
| 16 | 🎧 Customer Support | 165 jobs | $55,000 | $1.1bn |
| 17 | 🟦 Typescript | 146 jobs | $85,000 | $1.6bn |
| 18 | ☁️ AWS | 138 jobs | $100,000 | $1.7bn |
| 19 | 🐬 SQL | 134 jobs | $95,000 | $1.6bn |
| 20 | ☁️ Cloud | 126 jobs | $100,000 | $1.6bn |
| 21 | ♾️ Admin | 123 jobs | $80,000 | $1.2bn |
| 22 | ☕️ Java | 116 jobs | $95,000 | $1.4bn |
| 23 | 🤓 Web Developer | 108 jobs | $80,000 | $1.1bn |
| 24 | ♾️ Sys Admin | 107 jobs | $92,500 | $1.2bn |
| 25 | 🎨 CSS | 104 jobs | $75,000 | $1.0bn |
🙅♀️ Least popular remote jobs in 2021 |
| # | Job | 2021 | Median | Remote market |
| 1 | 👩🔬 Stats | 20 jobs | $80,000 | $0.2bn |
| 2 | 🕵️ Quality Assurance | 20 jobs | $100,000 | $0.3bn |
| 3 | 🧩 Elasticsearch | 20 jobs | $100,000 | $0.3bn |
| 4 | 🍑 Back End | 21 jobs | $115,000 | $0.3bn |
| 5 | Tech | 21 jobs | $76,250 | $0.2bn |
| 6 | ☁️ Serverless | 21 jobs | $90,000 | $0.2bn |
| 7 | 🚀 Growth | 22 jobs | $97,500 | $0.3bn |
| 8 | ☕️ Kotlin | 23 jobs | $85,000 | $0.2bn |
| 9 | 🚑 Medical | 23 jobs | $130,000 | $0.4bn |
| 10 | 👩🔬 Information Services | 23 jobs | n/a | $0.0bn |
| 11 | 👶 Junior | 25 jobs | $35,000 | $0.1bn |
| 12 | 🔎 SEO | 25 jobs | $67,500 | $0.2bn |
| 13 | 💼 Consulting | 25 jobs | $77,500 | $0.2bn |
| 14 | 🧠 Redis | 25 jobs | $85,000 | $0.3bn |
| 15 | 🎨 Product Design | 25 jobs | $110,000 | $0.3bn |
| 16 | ⚛️ Redux | 26 jobs | $85,000 | $0.3bn |
| 17 | 🤓 Engineering | 27 jobs | $108,750 | $0.4bn |
| 18 | 🐬 PostgreSQL | 27 jobs | $85,000 | $0.3bn |
| 19 | 🎨 UX | 28 jobs | $95,000 | $0.3bn |
| 20 | 🛍 Shopify | 28 jobs | $75,000 | $0.3bn |
| 21 | 👩✈️ Tech Lead | 29 jobs | $97,500 | $0.4bn |
| 22 | 🔗 Node JS | 29 jobs | $90,000 | $0.3bn |
| 23 | 🕹 Game Developer | 29 jobs | $77,500 | $0.3bn |
| 24 | 🐇 Swift | 29 jobs | $125,000 | $0.5bn |
| 25 | 🍃 Mongo | 29 jobs | $87,500 | $0.3bn |
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