7 in 10 US job posts don't ask for a 4-year degree. Only 1 in 6 require a bachelor's outright. But the better the pay, the more a degree gets asked. Our team's own data from reading job posts daily. Has your degree ever mattered a few years in? jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

want an AI job? maybe live in NYC or SF 👀 we mapped ~8k AI/ML job openings by city. half sit in just 16 cities. NYC 12.1%, SF 8.4%. software eng needs 26 cities, nurses need 277. our team's own data: jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

SWE jobs get ~45 applicants each, and 33% of new job posts are gone within 2 weeks. Applicants per post: data & AI ~52, software eng 45, all jobs 28. Admin jobs close fastest (42% gone in 14 days). Our team's own data: jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

1 in 19 job posts you're applying to is over a year old we tracked 2M open US posts for 36 days (our team's own data) half come down within 29 days 107k are over a year old 5,130 are over 5 years old. oldest: march 2010 ever apply to a ghost job? jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

every PM job wants "AI experience" now. what does that even mean we read 8.6k PM posts (our team's own data) 52% mention AI · was 28% in feb 2025 only 7.2% have AI in the title AI-ask: $185K vs $145K with no AI same company + level? gap basically zero jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

remote SWE jobs are disappearing faster than you think ~13k new SWE posts in oct (our team's own data) only 25% fully remote · 53% on-site or don't say entry: 13% remote vs 30% for 10+ yrs bay area: 7% fully remote if you're remote rn... ever leaving? jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

plumbers getting better offers than SWEs now lol we matched ~222k job posts with pay against BLS earnings (our team's own data) SWEs +14% above current pay electricians +23% · plumbers +22% · auto mechanics +31% infosec analysts -18% are trades the new tech? jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

C# median $125K vs Go $188K? We pulled 48k SWE posts last month. Twist: at the same company the gap almost disappears — Go jobs just skew to higher-paying companies. Our team's own data → jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research

is AI already eating jobs? our team's own data, kinda yes AI-exposed job families: 31.2% → 28.3% of LinkedIn posts (Mar–Jul '25 vs '26) least exposed: 47.2% → 51.1% legal -21%, finance -14%, software -10%, trades +47% 👀 jobs.mobiusengine.ai/research