{
 "source": "FDE Dispatch public-board FDE postings snapshot, October 24, 2026; travel fields from posting text",
 "snapshot_date": "2026-10-24",
 "postings": 725,
 "employers": 121,
 "travel_mentioned": 430,
 "travel_mentioned_pct": 59.3,
 "travel_mentioned_employers": 58,
 "pct_stated": 313,
 "pct_stated_pct": 43.2,
 "pct_stated_employers": 30,
 "stated_as_range": 121,
 "median_upper_bound": 30.0,
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  "26-50%": 118,
  "over 50%": 53
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 "upper_bound_bands_excluding_accenture": {
  "note": "Accenture's 12 postings state '0 to 100%' as a boilerplate range covering any travel amount; excluded from this band table",
  "stated": 301,
  "10% or less": 3,
  "11-25%": 139,
  "26-50%": 118,
  "over 50%": 41
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 "accenture": {
  "stated_postings": 12,
  "stated_value": "0 to 100%",
  "note": "Boilerplate range; do not treat the 100% upper bound as a typical travel expectation"
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 "employer_once_upper_median": 40.0,
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  "10% or less": 2,
  "11-25%": 8,
  "26-50%": 16,
  "over 50%": 4
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  "stated": 158,
  "employers": 28,
  "median_upper": 45.0,
  "bands": {
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   "26-50%": 89,
   "over 50%": 19
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 "by_role_family": {
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   "postings": 568,
   "mention": 335,
   "stated": 242
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  "deployment_strategist": {
   "postings": 86,
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   "stated": 49
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  "management": {
   "postings": 71,
   "mention": 32,
   "stated": 22
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 "median_upper_by_family": {
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  "deployment_strategist": 75.0,
  "management": 50.0
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  "remote_mentions_travel": 129,
  "non_remote": 534,
  "non_remote_mentions_travel": 301
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 "top_stating_employers": [
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   "typical_stated_value": "20%",
   "typical_count": 75,
   "value_counts": [
    [
     "20%",
     75
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     "20-25%",
     6
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     "25-50%",
     5
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     "50%",
     1
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    [
     "20 - 30%",
     1
    ]
   ],
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  {
   "company": "Palantir",
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   "typical_count": 30,
   "value_counts": [
    [
     "25 \u2013 75%",
     30
    ],
    [
     "25\u201350%",
     11
    ],
    [
     "25%",
     10
    ],
    [
     "25-50%",
     10
    ],
    [
     "25-75%",
     2
    ],
    [
     "10-20%",
     1
    ],
    [
     "75%",
     1
    ],
    [
     "50%",
     1
    ],
    [
     "70-90%",
     1
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   "company": "Salesforce",
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    [
     "25%",
     28
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    [
     "25-30%",
     3
    ],
    [
     "25-50%",
     2
    ],
    [
     "50-75%",
     1
    ],
    [
     "25\u201350%",
     1
    ]
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  {
   "company": "OpenAI",
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   "typical_count": 24,
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    [
     "50%",
     24
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    [
     "40%",
     1
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    [
     "25%",
     1
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   "company": "Accenture",
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     12
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  {
   "company": "Cognition",
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   "typical_count": 9,
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    [
     "25\u201350%",
     9
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     "50%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Cohere",
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   "typical_count": 6,
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    [
     "20\u201340%",
     6
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     "20-40%",
     3
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   "company": "LangChain",
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     4
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     "20%",
     4
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    [
     "25%",
     1
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   "company": "Shield AI",
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     "30%",
     4
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    [
     "50%",
     4
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   "company": "DevRev",
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     "80%",
     4
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    [
     "30%",
     2
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    [
     "80\u201390%",
     1
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     "25%",
     4
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     "20%",
     3
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     "25-50%",
     5
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     "25%",
     1
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   "company": "Glean",
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     "25\u201350%",
     3
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   "company": "n8n",
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     "30-50%",
     2
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    [
     "30\u201350%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Scale AI",
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    [
     "20-30%",
     2
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    [
     "50%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Analog Devices",
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    [
     "10%",
     2
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  {
   "company": "Anduril Industries",
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     "80%",
     1
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     "50%",
     1
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   "company": "Commure",
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     "20%",
     2
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  {
   "company": "Saronic",
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    [
     "50%",
     2
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  {
   "company": "Vannevar",
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    [
     "20\u201330%",
     2
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  {
   "company": "Applied Intuition",
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    [
     "25\u201340%",
     1
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   "company": "CHAOS Industries",
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    [
     "25%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Cisco",
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    [
     "50%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Deepgram",
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    [
     "50%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "NVIDIA",
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    [
     "25%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Origin",
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    [
     "20%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Ramp",
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    [
     "50%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Rerun",
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     1
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  {
   "company": "Thoughtworks",
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    [
     "10%",
     1
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  {
   "company": "Tomorrow.io",
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    [
     "50%+",
     1
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   "median_upper_bound": 50.0
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  [
   "20%",
   85
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  [
   "25%",
   47
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  [
   "50%",
   38
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  [
   "25 \u2013 75%",
   30
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  [
   "25\u201350%",
   24
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   "25-50%",
   22
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   "0 to 100%",
   12
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  [
   "30%",
   7
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  [
   "20\u201340%",
   6
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  [
   "20-25%",
   6
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  [
   "80%",
   5
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  [
   "40%",
   5
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  [
   "10%",
   3
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  [
   "20-40%",
   3
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  [
   "25-30%",
   3
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  [
   "30-50%",
   2
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   "25-75%",
   2
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  [
   "20-30%",
   2
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  [
   "20\u201330%",
   2
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   "25\u201340%",
   1
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   "20 - 30%",
   1
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  [
   "80\u201390%",
   1
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   "30\u201350%",
   1
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   "10-20%",
   1
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  [
   "75%",
   1
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  [
   "70-90%",
   1
  ],
  [
   "50-75%",
   1
  ],
  [
   "50%+",
   1
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  "25%": 47,
  "50%": 38,
  "25 \u2013 75%": 30,
  "25-75%_normalized": 32,
  "25-50%_normalized": 46
 }
}