Can I work remotely for a European or Canadian company from the US?

On 23 October 2026, 19,538 of the 42,935 remote jobs listed on Remotejobify (46%) were open to people in the US. How we check.

Yes, if the job is open to people in the US, but many European and Canadian remote jobs only hire in their own country or region. Today 19,538 of the 42,935 remote jobs we read (46%) are open to people in the US, while 16,758 only hire in one country that isn’t the US.

How to tell if a European or Canadian company will hire you from the US

“Canada only”, “EU only”, “must be based in Europe” or a list of European countries means no.
“North America”, “Americas”, “US or Canada”, “worldwide” or “anywhere” in the location can mean yes.
Many hire people in the US as contractors: you send invoices and pay your own taxes. Some use an employer of record, a US company that employs you for them.
Check the hours. A team in Europe may want you online early in your morning.

See the 19,538 remote jobs open to people in the US

Have a CV to hand? Match me reads it and picks the remote jobs open to people in the US that fit you best, each with a line on why. It’s free, and we don’t keep your CV.

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.

Can I work remotely for a European or Canadian company from the US?

How to tell if a European or Canadian company will hire you from the US

How we counted

Other questions