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Jobs open too long in DC

Postings in DC posted 45+ days ago and still open — often a signal of stalled hiring, reposts, or jobs that were never genuinely open.

DC job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in DC.

906Active postings
140Posted this week
217Open 30+ days24% of active
74Remote / hybrid8% of active
19%List salary171 of 906
4%Hourly7 of disclosed
$140kMedian annual (max)
$29.13/hrMedian hourly (max)
14dMedian agep90 78d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Director	55	$240k n=11	—
Legal	52	$124k n=7	—
Crew / Cashier	29	—	—
Account Executive	25	$187k n=8	—
Store Supervisor / Manager	23	—	—

Wages by occupation (SOC)

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Managers, All Other	88	$204k n=16	—
Software Developers	36	$199k n=3	—
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	32	—	—
Management Analysts	26	—	—
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	23	$100k n=5	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Contract	74	$173k n=41	—
Full-time	54	$155k n=37	—
Part-time	47	$68k n=19	$29.13/hr n=5
Intern	13	$80k n=5	—
Temporary	2	—	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	343	$160k n=54	—
Professional Services	183	$160k n=53	—
Food Service / Restaurants	132	$170k n=19	—
Manufacturing	131	$196k n=16	—
Retail	88	$90k n=5	$29.13/hr n=7

Top categories

Director55
Legal52
Crew / Cashier29
Account Executive25
Store Supervisor / Manager23
Engineering20

Top occupations (SOC)

Managers, All Other88
Software Developers36
Paralegals and Legal Assistants32
Management Analysts26
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products23
Lawyers19

In-demand skills

Top sectors

Technology343
Professional Services183
Food Service / Restaurants132
Manufacturing131
Retail88
Media & Entertainment82

Employment mix

Unspecified716 · 79%
Contract74 · 8%
Full-time54 · 6%
Part-time47 · 5%
Intern13 · 1%
Temporary2 · 0%

Top hiring companies

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Principal Architect
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$257k · 260 days open · posted 8 months ago
Forward Deployed Engineer, GovFull-stack
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
247 days open · posted 8 months ago
AI Deployment Engineer, Public Sector - Federal Civilian
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
232 days open · posted 7 months ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gov
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
203 days open · posted 6 months ago
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent ProductsSecurity Engineering
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
192 days open · posted 6 months ago
Technical Program Manager, Public SectorTechnical PM
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$187k · 168 days open · posted 5 months ago
AI Success Engineer, Government
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
93 days open · posted 3 months ago
Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required)Sales Engineer
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$186k · 80 days open · posted 2 months ago
Program Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public SectorProgram Manager
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$233k · 67 days open · posted 2 months ago
Abuse Investigator (CBRN)
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
63 days open · posted 2 months ago
AI Support Engineer, Government - Washington, D.C.Support
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
53 days open · posted 1 month ago
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & SecurityDevOps / SRE
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$246k · 51 days open · posted 1 month ago