The past two years have been monumental for the crypto industry with Bitcoin hitting a new all-time high and the total market capitalization of crypto exceeding $3 trillion at the peak.
Despite prices falling in recent weeks, interest in crypto is still booming and teams are on a hiring frenzy.
Indeed, research from LinkedIn shows that crypto-related job postings skyrocketed by 395% from 2020 to 2021, compared to 98% for the wider tech industry.
This means that crypto is outpacing the thriving tech industry by over 248%.
As such, we at the Bankless Times decided to take a deeper dive into the job listings to find out more.
Here’s what we found.
Data accurate as of 4 March 2022.
A Breakdown of Crypto Jobs in the US
Total Number of Jobs
When searching for “cryptocurrency” jobs in the US, there are over 11,470 results that show up on LinkedIn.
717 listings added in the past 24 hours
2,368 in the past week
7,771 in the past 30 days
Filtered by Salary
Filtered by Experience Level
When filtering results by ‘Experience Level’, here’s what we found:
| Experience Level | Total Number of Jobs |
|---|---|
| Internships | 103 |
| Entry Level | 1386 |
| Associate | 2,196 |
| Mid-Senior | 6,429 |
| Director | 586 |
| Executive | 158 |
Filtered by On-site/Remote
After adding a filter for work location type, this is what we found:
6,127 results for ‘On-site’ jobs
4,899 listings for ‘Remote’ roles
243 positions available for ‘Hybrid’ jobs
Filtered by Job Function
When adding a filter for the job function, here are the number of jobs in each category:
Product Management: 5,645
Information Technology: 3,668
Product Management: 1,396
Sales: 1,080
Finance: 903
Marketing: 877
Business Development: 463
Legal: 418
Other: 341
