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Finding work in the US: where job seekers look
From big general boards such as Indeed and LinkedIn to sites for tech, startup, remote, student and federal jobs, most of the places Americans look for work cost a job seeker nothing.
A job search in the US can run across several sites at once. The general boards carry every kind of work, while smaller sites focus on one field, one kind of employer or one way of working, such as remote jobs or federal posts.
The fifteen sites below fall into a few groups: the general boards, the sites built around pay and company reviews, the tech and startup boards, the remote-work boards and the sites for students and federal jobs. Nearly all are free to job seekers; the exceptions are two remote-work boards that charge a subscription. Live job counts change every day.
The general job boards
Indeed is a general job site for every kind of work, operating in more than 60 countries. Job seekers can search jobs, post a resume and research companies before they apply. It is run by Recruit Holdings, which also owns SimplyHired, and Glassdoor is part of Indeed.
LinkedIn Jobs is the job board inside the LinkedIn professional network, and more than 50 million job seekers search for jobs on it each week. You can search jobs and internships, see jobs picked for you, and use Open To Work to tell recruiters, privately or publicly, that you are looking.
ZipRecruiter, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, describes itself as an online employment marketplace that connects people to jobs. It charges job seekers no fees and reaches nearly 20 million of them a month. On job postings and company pages, job seekers can also read anonymous employee reviews and typical salaries by department.
Monster is one of the older names. It has been used by job seekers for more than 30 years, carries millions of listings and offers job alerts and a free resume builder with templates; uploading a resume is free. CareerBuilder, run by MCB Puerto Rico LLC, is free to search and says 3 million jobs are posted on it each month. You can upload your resume, get notifications, read career advice and apply for the work you want.
SimplyHired works differently from the others: it is a job search engine. One search shows jobs gathered from many sites in one place, and you can search by job title, skills or company and by city, state, ZIP code or remote.
Pay and company reviews
Glassdoor is built for the job seeker who wants to know what a company is like and what it pays before applying. It pairs open jobs with employee reviews of companies and salary data, and its job matching, company reviews, salary information and anonymous community are all free. It has more than 55 million unique visitors a month. ZipRecruiter also shows reviews and typical salaries on its job postings and company pages, so a search and a background check can happen in the same place.
Tech and startup jobs
Tech workers have several boards of their own. Dice lists tech jobs only, for software engineers, IT staff and other technology roles, and carries millions of tech jobs a year. It is free for tech professionals. After you upload a resume, Dice Match uses your skills and experience to connect you to relevant tech jobs as they are posted. Dice is run by DHI Group.
Built In is a job board for tech jobs at companies from startups to large enterprises, with more than 800,000 open roles. It adds Match Mode for job matches, a tracker for your applications and an AI application assistant.
Wellfound is a job marketplace for startup and tech jobs, including remote roles, with more than 130,000 remote and local startup jobs. It is free to job seekers. It began as AngelList Talent and became an independent company under the Wellfound name.
Remote work
Remote jobs have their own boards, and this is where some sites charge. FlexJobs lists only remote and flexible work, such as remote, part-time, freelance and flexible-schedule jobs. It carries 194,997 remote and flexible jobs and has served more than 10 million job seekers. Its job information pages are free, but seeing and applying for the jobs needs a paid subscription.
Remote.co, run by Bold, the same company behind FlexJobs, also charges job seekers: $2.95 for a 14-day trial, then $23.95 every four weeks. It lists more than 100,000 jobs in more than 100 categories and has advanced filters, saved searches and alerts for new roles that match what you want.
We Work Remotely is free to use, with paid extras. A free job seeker account lets you save remote jobs, follow companies and get a feed tailored to your settings; it showed 42,284 jobs posted in October 2026. Wellfound also lists remote startup roles at no cost.
Students and federal jobs
Handshake is a career network for students. It is a place to find an internship, a full-time or part-time job, or flexible gig work, and to connect with employers and get career advice. An account is free, and it showed 62,662 positions in October 2026.
USAJOBS is the federal government's official employment site, run by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. It is free and open to everyone and has 6,431,345 active profiles. With a profile you can create or upload up to five resumes, search jobs by agency, occupation and location, and get automatic notifications for saved searches.
Using more than one site
Because most of these sites are free, there is little cost in using several at once. Someone who works in one field can pair a general board such as Indeed or LinkedIn Jobs with that field's own site: Dice or Built In for tech, Handshake for students, USAJOBS for federal work.
The remote-work boards are the place to look closely at the price. FlexJobs and Remote.co both need a paid subscription to see or apply for their jobs, and Remote.co's trial renews every four weeks. We Work Remotely and Wellfound list remote roles for free.
