How old are open job listings? Age of open jobs by ATS
The median open job listing is 1 to 1,387 days old depending on the ATS, measured on 1,834,847 open jobs with a posting date. Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
| ATS | Median age (days) | 0-30 days | 31-90 | 91-180 | 181-365 | Over 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workday | 29 | 54% | 41% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Oracle Recruiting Cloud | 29 | 51% | 27% | 10% | 6% | 7% |
| SmartRecruiters | 59 | 36% | 22% | 11% | 7% | 24% |
| Greenhouse | 57 | 33% | 31% | 15% | 11% | 10% |
| Ashby | 53 | 34% | 32% | 19% | 11% | 4% |
| jobtech | 14 | 79% | 17% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Recruitee | 93 | 26% | 23% | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Teamtailor | 43 | 40% | 26% | 14% | 9% | 10% |
| Personio | 171 | 15% | 20% | 15% | 16% | 33% |
| wttj | 21 | 64% | 31% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Lever | 79 | 26% | 27% | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| Workable | 52 | 36% | 25% | 16% | 8% | 14% |
| foundit | 1 | 98% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| cutshort | 1,387 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 77% |
| instahyre | 46 | 34% | 39% | 13% | 9% | 5% |
Job closures are tracked since 2026-10-21.
Source: Arcadium Data jobs database, read from 40,634 public company job boards (no logins). Company-level counts only: no job texts, no names of people. Data as of 2026-10-23.
Questions
How long do job listings stay open?
The median age of open jobs ranges from 1 to 1,387 days depending on the ATS, as of 2026-10-23; 19% of open jobs with a posting date are over 90 days old.
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "How old are open job listings? Age of open jobs by ATS", https://arcadiumdata.io/stats/stale-jobs/, data as of 2026-10-23.