Ghost Jobs Report, September 2026 28.3% of open job postings have been up for more than 90 days. Measured across 607,050 postings open on 15 applicant tracking systems, read directly from each employer's own careers site. Age uses the date the employer published, available on 95.0% of postings. The median open posting is 36 days old. Computed September 23, 2026 from a sweep that began August 24, 2026, 29 days earlier. Closure figures are bounded by that window and say so below. 163,057 postings open more than 90 days 28.3% of the dated postings. 94,106 have been up more than 180 days. 36 days median age of an open posting Half the catalog was published more recently than this, by the employer's own date. 14.6% of closed postings came down within a week 13,013 of 88,895 closures in the last 30 days. A posting that disappears in days was real. 4.2% of closed postings were reposted within 30 days 3,915 of 94,333: same employer, same role, back as a new posting after the close.…