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Sourcer Career Market Report 2026

462 active jobs. 244 companies. Median salary $100K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

462
Active Job Openings
244
Companies Hiring
$100K
Median Salary (US)
82%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Sourcer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 82% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $100K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $85K to $145K.

Remote roles pay 22% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 40%

Talent Acquisition demand rose +9.9pp — fastest-growing skill

Space x leads hiring with 16 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$40K, +47%)

Salary increase: +$40K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 40% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior37$89K$96K$125K
Junior15$70K$85K$94K
Mid-Level11$63K$125K$145K
Manager4$60K$65K$146K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$40K (47%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States48$90KUSD
Remote12$110KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site7.6%
Remote16.9%
Hybrid1.7%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
40%
Talent Acquisition
27%
Data Analysis
7%
Project Management
6%
SQL
6%
Vendor Management
4%
Robotics
4%

Skills on the Rise

Talent Acquisition ↑+9.9ppSQL ↑+5.5ppVendor Management ↑+4.5ppRobotics ↑+4.0pp

Declining in Demand

Procurement ↓-87.9ppSupply Chain ↓-25.0ppJournalism ↓-16.7ppExcel ↓-15.8ppAttention to Detail ↓-12.5pp

Generic skills excluded: Recruiting. These appear in most postings across all roles.

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Space x163.5%
Allegisglobalsolutions143.0%
Andurilindustries112.4%
Gevernova81.7%
Grailtalent71.5%
Jll61.3%
Integratedresources51.1%
Cielo40.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States174
Remote30
United Kingdom13
Philippines13
India11
Poland7
Canada7
China7

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree59.6%226
Bachelor's Degree13.7%52
Master's Degree10.8%41
MBA0.8%3
PhD / Doctorate0.5%2

Certifications

Six Sigma (3%)MBA (2%)

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