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Talent Acquisition Specialist Career Market Report 2026

1,871 active jobs. 865 companies. Median salary $85K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,871
Active Job Openings
865
Companies Hiring
$85K
Median Salary (US)
75%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Talent Acquisition Specialist 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: 75% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $85K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $62K to $188K.

Remote roles pay 72% 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.

Talent Acquisition is the most-demanded skill at 100%

AI/LLM demand rose +9.8pp — fastest-growing skill

Onetp leads hiring with 43 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Manager → Director (+$65K, +50%)

Salary increase: +$65K · Sample: Manager → Director

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

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 35% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager32$106K$130K$166K
Director26$150K$195K$220K
Junior17$55K$56K$104K
Senior16$80K$82K$122K
Lead8$59K$100K$170K
Mid-Level5$10K$55K$120K

What jumps out

Manager → Director: +$65K (50%) — 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 States105$84KUSD
Remote16$146KUSD
Canada7$37KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.8%
Remote11.4%
Hybrid2.9%

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

Top Skills in Demand

Talent Acquisition
100%
AI/LLM
35%
Project Management
6%
HRIS
5%
Data Analysis
4%
HuggingFace
3%
Labor Law
2%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+9.8ppData Analysis ↑+3.6ppHuggingFace ↑+3.1pp

Declining in Demand

Procurement ↓-44.7ppJournalism ↓-19.1ppExcel ↓-13.3ppAttention to Detail ↓-10.9ppStakeholder Management ↓-9.3pp

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

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Onetp432.3%
Tp432.3%
Maintainx160.9%
Everai130.7%
Sgs120.6%
Amazon100.5%
Avomind100.5%
Resourcepro90.5%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States447
India143
Remote75
United Kingdom68
Germany37
Canada35
France34
Singapore27

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree56.7%800
Master's Degree11.8%167
Bachelor's Degree9.6%135
MBA0.4%5
PhD / Doctorate0.3%4
High School / GED0.1%1

Certifications

SHRM (1%)

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