Job families with the most remote jobs
Key facts
- #1 Sales, Job family: 17%
- #2 Customer Success, Job family: 16%
- #3 Product, Job family: 15%
- 21 job families ranked across all job families
- Data as of November 2026
For comparison: 8% across all job families.
- 1Sales Job family17%
- 2Customer Success Job family16%
- 3Product Job family15%
- 4Strategy Job family14%
- 5Security Job family12%
- 6Data & Analytics Job family12%
- 7Marketing Job family10%
- 8Design Job family9%
- 9Human Resources Job family7%
- 10Legal Job family7%
What stands out
- The lead is wide: Sales (17%) is well clear of Legal at #10 (7%).
- Strategy reaches #4 on a sample of 3,121 all openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.
- Sales is the largest market in the top ten, with 40,038 all openings behind its figure.
- Job families with fewer than 1,000 all openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful.
Why this ranking matters
What it shows
Remote work is not spread evenly. The share of openings that are remote shows which kinds of work employers are most willing to hire from anywhere.
How to use it
If you want to work remotely, start your search in the families and industries near the top, and use the city lists to see where those employers are based.
The top 25
- 1
Sales Job family
17%
- Remote openings
- 6,713
- All openings
- 40,038
- Median posted pay
- $130k
Based on 40,038 openings.
- 2
Customer Success Job family
16%
- Remote openings
- 622
- All openings
- 3,912
- Median posted pay
- $123k
Based on 3,912 openings.
- 3
Product Job family
15%
- Remote openings
- 1,044
- All openings
- 6,999
- Median posted pay
- $200k
Based on 6,999 openings.
- 4
Strategy Job family
14%
- Remote openings
- 436
- All openings
- 3,121
- Median posted pay
- $175k
Based on 3,121 openings.
- 5
Security Job family
12%
- Remote openings
- 745
- All openings
- 6,112
- Median posted pay
- $184k
Based on 6,112 openings.
- 6
Data & Analytics Job family
12%
- Remote openings
- 2,459
- All openings
- 20,392
- Median posted pay
- $185k
Based on 20,392 openings.
- 7
Marketing Job family
10%
- Remote openings
- 1,388
- All openings
- 13,384
- Median posted pay
- $154k
Based on 13,384 openings.
- 8
Design Job family
9%
- Remote openings
- 498
- All openings
- 5,286
- Median posted pay
- $172k
Based on 5,286 openings.
- 9
Human Resources Job family
7%
- Remote openings
- 1,007
- All openings
- 13,689
- Median posted pay
- $125k
Based on 13,689 openings.
- 10
Legal Job family
7%
- Remote openings
- 845
- All openings
- 11,949
- Median posted pay
- $143k
Based on 11,949 openings.
- 11
Clinical Job family
7%
- Remote openings
- 657
- All openings
- 9,461
- Median posted pay
- $157k
Based on 9,461 openings.
- 12
Engineering Job family
7%
- Remote openings
- 5,578
- All openings
- 83,261
- Median posted pay
- $168k
Based on 83,261 openings.
- 13
Programs Job family
6%
- Remote openings
- 350
- All openings
- 6,133
- Median posted pay
- $130k
Based on 6,133 openings.
- 14
Finance Job family
6%
- Remote openings
- 1,740
- All openings
- 31,304
- Median posted pay
- $125k
Based on 31,304 openings.
- 15
Executive Leadership Job family
4%
- Remote openings
- 80
- All openings
- 2,080
- Median posted pay
- $165k
Based on 2,080 openings.
- 16
Research Job family
4%
- Remote openings
- 167
- All openings
- 4,429
- Median posted pay
- $140k
Based on 4,429 openings.
- 17
Operations Job family
4%
- Remote openings
- 1,580
- All openings
- 43,925
- Median posted pay
- $130k
Based on 43,925 openings.
- 18
Investment Job family
4%
- Remote openings
- 152
- All openings
- 4,323
- Median posted pay
- $155k
Based on 4,323 openings.
- 19
Fundraising & development Job family
4%
- Remote openings
- 56
- All openings
- 1,594
- Median posted pay
- $120k
Based on 1,594 openings.
- 20
Administration Job family
2%
- Remote openings
- 91
- All openings
- 5,193
- Median posted pay
- $85k
Based on 5,193 openings.
- 21
Academic Job family
1%
- Remote openings
- 18
- All openings
- 1,327
- Median posted pay
- $120k
Based on 1,327 openings.
Full ranking
All 21 job families that qualified, with the figure each is ranked on.
| Rank | Job family | Score | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales Job family | 17% | 40,038 |
| 2 | Customer Success Job family | 16% | 3,912 |
| 3 | Product Job family | 15% | 6,999 |
| 4 | Strategy Job family | 14% | 3,121 |
| 5 | Security Job family | 12% | 6,112 |
| 6 | Data & Analytics Job family | 12% | 20,392 |
| 7 | Marketing Job family | 10% | 13,384 |
| 8 | Design Job family | 9% | 5,286 |
| 9 | Human Resources Job family | 7% | 13,689 |
| 10 | Legal Job family | 7% | 11,949 |
| 11 | Clinical Job family | 7% | 9,461 |
| 12 | Engineering Job family | 7% | 83,261 |
| 13 | Programs Job family | 6% | 6,133 |
| 14 | Finance Job family | 6% | 31,304 |
| 15 | Executive Leadership Job family | 4% | 2,080 |
| 16 | Research Job family | 4% | 4,429 |
| 17 | Operations Job family | 4% | 43,925 |
| 18 | Investment Job family | 4% | 4,323 |
| 19 | Fundraising & development Job family | 4% | 1,594 |
| 20 | Administration Job family | 2% | 5,193 |
| 21 | Academic Job family | 1% | 1,327 |
How this ranking works
A job family's score is the share of its open professional roles whose posting says the work is remote.
The job family is the one assigned from the posting title and text. Only job families with at least 1,000 all openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted.
Sample bar: job families with fewer than 1,000 openings are not ranked.
Sources: NextChapter job data: open professional roles on employer career sites, verified in the last week. Data as of November 2026.
Our job data covers professional roles on the career sites of employers we track, so figures describe that market, not every job. Spot an error? Tell us.
Questions
- Which job family ranks first: job families with the most remote jobs?
- Sales leads: 17% of its professional openings are remote, against 8% across all job families.
- How many job families are ranked?
- 21 job families have at least 1,000 all openings, so the list has 21 entries.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- A job family's score is the share of its open professional roles whose posting says the work is remote. The job family is the one assigned from the posting title and text. Only job families with at least 1,000 all openings are ranked, and only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted.
- How often is it updated?
- Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.
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Cite this ranking
NextChapter, “Job families with the most remote jobs,” November 2026 edition. https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/functions-with-the-most-remote-jobs
Link to it: <a href="https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/functions-with-the-most-remote-jobs">Job families with the most remote jobs (NextChapter, November 2026)</a>
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