Which remote jobs pay the most in the US?

On 11 November 2026, 29,568 of the 60,757 remote jobs listed on Remotejobify (49%) were open to people in the US. How we check.

Remote security jobs pay the most: half of the 324 open to people in the US that show their pay offer more than US$202,000 a year. Across every kind of job, the typical one pays US$165,000 a year. That’s from the 8,679 of the 29,568 remote jobs open to people in the US that show their pay.

Typical pay a year, by kind of job

Kind of job	Typical	Middle half	Jobs showing pay
Security	US$202,000	US$165,000 to US$239,000	324
Engineering	US$193,000	US$161,000 to US$225,000	1,377
Data and ML	US$185,000	US$152,000 to US$223,000	517
Product	US$185,000	US$155,000 to US$227,000	389
DevOps and infrastructure	US$180,000	US$145,000 to US$224,000	275
Design	US$169,000	US$131,000 to US$207,000	171
Sales	US$164,000	US$118,000 to US$220,000	2,017
Finance and legal	US$163,000	US$110,000 to US$205,000	584
Marketing	US$152,000	US$111,000 to US$190,000	617
People and recruiting	US$135,000	US$97,000 to US$172,000	219
Operations	US$133,000	US$91,000 to US$174,000	575
QA and testing	US$125,000	US$107,000 to US$165,000	37
Customer support	US$120,000	US$83,000 to US$155,000	464

What to know

Typical means half pay more and half pay less. The middle half is where the middle 50% of jobs fall.
Pay in other money is changed into US dollars so jobs can be compared.
Only 29% of these jobs show their pay, and senior roles pull the numbers up. If a listing shows none, ask in the first call.
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How we counted

We read each remote job from the company’s own job board and work out who it’s open to. A job counts as open to the US if it names it, a region that includes it, or says you can work from anywhere. These numbers are from today’s list and change as jobs open and close.

Which remote jobs pay the most in the US?

Typical pay a year, by kind of job

What to know

How we counted

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