Last updated: October 10, 2026

Share of job postings open more than 60 days

Name: Share of job postings open more than 60 days, October 2026
Creator: Second Summit
Published: 2026-10-10
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA ranks highest at 49.4%; Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is lowest at 12.6% (99 metro areas, October 2026).

The share of currently open postings that were first listed more than 60 days ago.

#	Metro area	Share open over 60 days	Postings
1	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	49.4%	259
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	47%	17,941
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	44.6%	103
4	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	43.5%	3,705
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	41.8%	4,540
6	Asheville, NC	41.8%	101
7	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	41.5%	326
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	41.4%	12,642
9	Colorado Springs, CO	41.3%	410
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	41.1%	10,784
11	Amarillo, TX	38.5%	122
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	38.1%	5,981
13	Fort Wayne, IN	37.9%	177
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	37.8%	1,003
15	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	37.8%	227
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	37.7%	3,856
17	Chattanooga, TN-GA	36.9%	142
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	36.4%	1,291
19	Madison, WI	35.9%	340
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	35.8%	808
21	Greensboro-High Point, NC	35.6%	202
22	Winston-Salem, NC	34.9%	112
23	Tucson, AZ	34.8%	256
24	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	33.9%	725
25	Boulder, CO	33.3%	302
26	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	33.1%	993
27	Reno, NV	33.1%	347
28	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	32.8%	2,988
29	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	32.6%	2,893
30	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	32.6%	2,480
31	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	32.1%	2,312
32	El Paso, TX	32.1%	156
33	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	31.9%	260
34	Portland-South Portland, ME	31.9%	163
35	College Station-Bryan, TX	31.9%	117
36	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	31.7%	1,452
37	Rochester, NY	31.6%	294
38	Peoria, IL	31.3%	131
39	Springfield, MO	31.1%	166
40	Lubbock, TX	31%	100
41	Savannah, GA	30.7%	142
42	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	30.6%	183
43	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	30.3%	5,914
44	Stockton-Lodi, CA	30.3%	110
45	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	29.6%	610
46	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	29%	1,937
47	Tulsa, OK	28.9%	400
48	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	28.9%	159
49	Corpus Christi, TX	28.8%	161
50	Raleigh-Cary, NC	28.6%	856
51	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28.4%	5,058
52	Pittsburgh, PA	28.2%	1,128
53	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	28.2%	958
54	Jackson, MS	28.1%	121
55	Oklahoma City, OK	27.9%	530
56	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	27%	796
57	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	26.8%	837
58	Birmingham, AL	26.8%	308
59	Manchester-Nashua, NH	26.8%	153
60	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	26.5%	5,962
61	Syracuse, NY	26.5%	372
62	Columbus, OH	26.4%	1,389
63	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	26.4%	197
64	Toledo, OH	26.1%	245
65	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	26.1%	156
66	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	25.9%	3,771
67	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	25.8%	686
68	Albuquerque, NM	25.8%	397
69	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	25.2%	1,882
70	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	24.8%	1,137
71	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	24.6%	238
72	Cleveland, OH	24.4%	858
73	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	24%	129
74	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	23.8%	1,297
75	Omaha, NE-IA	23.4%	629
76	Baton Rouge, LA	23.2%	183
77	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	23.1%	212
78	Ogden, UT	23.1%	108
79	Kansas City, MO-KS	23%	1,228
80	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	23%	434
81	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	23%	326
82	Boise City, ID	22.9%	111
83	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	22.8%	2,032
84	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	22.4%	340
85	Jacksonville, FL	22.3%	575
86	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	22.1%	216
87	Ann Arbor, MI	21.8%	241
88	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	21.5%	815
89	Knoxville, TN	21.3%	223
90	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	19.8%	2,652
91	Wichita, KS	19.4%	175
92	St. Louis, MO-IL	19.1%	1,401
93	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	18.9%	133
94	Akron, OH	17.5%	143
95	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	15.7%	256
96	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	14%	572
97	Green Bay, WI	13.8%	130
98	Port St. Lucie, FL	12.7%	120
99	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	12.6%	143

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