MogiColorado, Idaho, and South Dakota Showed Strong Growth in Job Postings
Three states saw significant increases in job postings over the last 28 days.
By Adaeze Nwosu, Mogi Research · Oct 27, 2026
Job postings in Colorado rose by seventy-four percent over the last 28 days, with Idaho seeing an eighty-nine percent increase and South Dakota experiencing a seventy-eight percent rise. Nationally, total new job postings across the US grew by forty percent in the same period.
The surge in Colorado postings may be linked to a seventy-four percent increase in roles for Software Engineers. In Idaho, the eighty-nine percent growth could reflect a broader rise in demand for various roles.
South Dakota's seventy-eight percent increase in job postings might be a result of employers adding positions across multiple sectors. The data shows a forty percent rise in overall US job postings during this window.
The numbers
Which states grew the most in the last 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 15,277 | 8,762 | +74% |
| Idaho | 3,887 | 2,054 | +89% |
| South Dakota | 1,789 | 1,003 | +78% |
| Wyoming | 1,074 | 617 | +74% |
| Oregon | 8,631 | 4,984 | +73% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (116), Product Manager (21), DevOps Engineer (19)
Top employers: The Kroger Co. (1,196), Domino's (325), Albertsons Companies (278)
Colorado jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-27 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, all states, all roles. 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 Adaeze Nwosu of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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