MogiTexas Software Engineer Job Postings Surge
New software engineer job postings in Texas jumped by more than half in the last four weeks.
By Caleb Sutherland, Mogi Research · Oct 11, 2026
New software engineer job postings in Texas surged by one hundred eleven percent. There were nine hundred seventeen postings in the last four weeks, up from four hundred thirty five before that.
California saw a sixty seven percent rise in software engineer postings. New Jersey saw a fourteen percent fall. Other states like Ohio and New York also saw large rises.
This change could be due to many factors. Employers may be looking to fill roles. It is also possible that more jobs are being posted online.
The numbers
What are the top 10 states for new software engineer jobs in the US?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 917 | 435 | +111% |
| California | 698 | 417 | +67% |
| New Jersey | 586 | 679 | -14% |
| Ohio | 439 | 200 | +120% |
| New York | 334 | 196 | +70% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (917)
Top employers: JPMorgan Chase (379), Emerson (205), Fidelity Investments (14)
Texas jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-11 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, all states, Software Engineer. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Caleb Sutherland of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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