Only 14% of Tech Job Postings Disclose Salary: A Data-Driven Analysis of 42,000 Live Roles

I measured how many tech job postings actually list a salary. It’s 14%

An analysis of over 42,000 live tech job postings from thousands of companies found that only one in six roles discloses a salary range. This persists even as pay-transparency laws continue to expand across more states.

Why This Matters

Despite growing legal mandates for salary transparency, the technical reality of job-market data remains opaque: five out of six postings hide compensation until late in the hiring process. This failure to close the gap between regulation and practice costs job seekers time and leverage, forcing them to invest hours in interviews before learning if a role is financially viable.

Key Insights

• Salary disclosure varies by niche: Design leads at 19%, while Data and Mobile trail at just 11% (source: Engradar analysis of ~42k live postings, June 2026).
• Median disclosed bands show wide variance: AI/ML roles offer $152k–$216k, but Frontend has too few disclosures (only 17) to calculate a reliable median (Engradar data).
• Hiring is not stalling overall; net growth is positive with +5,377 new roles opened vs closed over the past month (Engradar churn data).
• Defense and hardware sectors are driving growth: SpaceX (+367) and Anduril (+367) lead net new openings (Engradar employer trends).

Practical Applications

• [Use case] Job seekers can filter for the ~14% of postings that disclose salaries using platforms like Engradar to avoid wasted interview cycles on mismatched comp expectations.
• [Pitfall] Relying on boards that don’t deduplicate reposted roles inflates opportunity counts—companies constantly reopen same positions under new IDs.

References:

• https://engradar.com/tech-hiring-statistics