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Jobs open too long in District of Columbia

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

District of Columbia job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in District of Columbia.

1,236Active postings
224Posted this week
275Open 30+ days22% of active
90Remote / hybrid7% of active
14%List salary178 of 1,236
4%Hourly8 of disclosed
$160kMedian annual (max)
$28.19/hrMedian hourly (max)
16dMedian agep90 83d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Director	59	$258k n=7	—
Legal	55	$170k n=6	—
Crew / Cashier	40	—	—
Engineering	31	$144k n=5	—
Account Executive	27	$223k n=8	—

Wages by occupation (SOC)

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Managers, All Other	141	$197k n=17	—
Software Developers	117	$231k n=14	—
Management Analysts	60	$149k n=3	—
Fast Food and Counter Workers	41	—	—
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	32	—	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Full-time	74	$188k n=55	—
Part-time	72	$68k n=18	$29.13/hr n=5
Contract	68	$160k n=37	—
Intern	13	$80k n=4	—
Temporary	3	—	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	424	$188k n=85	—
Financial Services	307	$122k n=34	—
Professional Services	181	$160k n=46	—
Manufacturing	161	$173k n=14	—
Food Service / Restaurants	131	$141k n=4	—

Top categories

Director59
Legal55
Crew / Cashier40
Engineering31
Account Executive27
Food Service24

Top occupations (SOC)

Managers, All Other141
Software Developers117
Management Analysts60
Fast Food and Counter Workers41
Paralegals and Legal Assistants32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products26

In-demand skills

Top sectors

Technology424
Financial Services307
Professional Services181
Manufacturing161
Food Service / Restaurants131
Media & Entertainment92

Employment mix

Unspecified1,006 · 81%
Full-time74 · 6%
Part-time72 · 6%
Contract68 · 6%
Intern13 · 1%
Temporary3 · 0%

Top hiring companies

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public SectorML / AI Engineering
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$240k · 1066 days open · posted 2 years ago
Software Engineer, Public SectorFull-stack
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$180k · 1009 days open · posted 2 years ago
Software Engineer, Frontier AI InfrastructureBackend
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$184k · 816 days open · posted 2 years ago
Principal Architect
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$257k · 262 days open · posted 8 months ago
Forward Deployed Engineer, GovFull-stack
OpenAI · Washington, DC · jobs.ashbyhq.com
249 days open · posted 8 months ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Model Evaluations, Public SectorML / AI Engineering
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$240k · 173 days open · posted 5 months ago
Mission Software Engineering Manager, Public SectorEngineering Manager
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$274k · 172 days open · posted 5 months ago
Security Engineer, Product SecuritySecurity Engineering
Scale AI · New York, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$238k · 139 days open · posted 4 months ago
Security Engineer, InfrastructureSecurity Engineering
Scale AI · New York, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$238k · 119 days open · posted 3 months ago
Software Engineer, ARC TeamBackend
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$184k · 55 days open · posted 1 month ago
Field Engineering Manager, Public SectorEngineering Manager
Scale AI · San Francisco, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$274k · 53 days open · posted 1 month ago
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & SecurityDevOps / SRE
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$246k · 53 days open · posted 1 month ago