Best sites for startup jobs (November 2026)

Updated November 10, 2026 · By JobsWithPay

As of November 10, 2026, 7 sites are good choices for this search: Built In, Hacker News "Who is hiring?", HiringCafe, JobsWithPay, Welcome to the Jungle, Wellfound and Y Combinator Work at a Startup. They differ most in where their jobs come from and in how they show pay: some show only the pay that the employer posts, and some show their own estimates. On JobsWithPay, 79% of 2,921 open jobs at Y Combinator startups show the posted pay, with a median posted base range of $150K to $211K a year.

The sites side by side

Site	Where the jobs come from	How pay shows	Price for job seekers	Focus
Built In	Built In sells recruitment marketing and employer branding to companies.	Job cards show salary info when the job has it, for example "209K-286K Annually". We did not find a rule that pay is required.	Free. Built In says Match Mode is "100% free, forever".	Tech
Hacker News "Who is hiring?"	People at the hiring company. The rules do not allow recruiting firms or job boards.	Only when the poster writes it. The thread rules do not ask for pay.	Free to read.	Tech and startups
HiringCafe	Company websites and applicant tracking systems.	Shows the pay that the employer publishes, with a filter for it.	Free.	All jobs
JobsWithPay (our site)	Company job boards only (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and company careers sites). No staffing agencies and no copies.	Shows the pay that the company posts, and never an estimate. 79% of 2,921 open jobs at Y Combinator startups show pay.	Free. You do not need an account to search or apply.	Tech jobs
Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)	Employers pay (pricing by quote).	Lists salary as one of the things it shows. We did not find a rule that pay is required.	Not stated.	Tech and startups
Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent)	Startups post jobs free. Promoted jobs are paid.	Wellfound says that most job listings show the salary range and equity up front.	Free for candidates.	Startups
Y Combinator Work at a Startup	Startups that Y Combinator funded. Most YC companies use it, but not all.	Job cards show pay ranges, for example "$135K - $200K". We did not find a rule that pay is required.	Free.	YC startups

Which site for which search

If you want	Use
Y Combinator startups	Y Combinator Work at a Startup, JobsWithPay
Startups of all kinds, with salary and equity	Wellfound
Posts from founders and engineers	Hacker News "Who is hiring?"

Each site, briefly

Built In

A job board and company profile site for tech workers.

Hacker News "Who is hiring?"

A monthly Hacker News thread where people at hiring companies post one comment for each company.

HiringCafe

A free job search engine that collects jobs directly from company websites and applicant tracking systems. 4,415,520 jobs from 141,682 companies (home page).

JobsWithPay (our site)

A free job site for tech jobs that reads each job directly from the job board of the company that hires and checks it again every day. 2,921 open jobs at Y Combinator startups from 1 companies on November 10, 2026.

Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)

A job site and company guide that matches job seekers to roles. It took over Otta's job platform. Over 3,500 companies and 70,000+ live jobs (its US home page).

Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent)

A job site for startups, where you keep one profile and talk to founders and engineers directly. 27K+ companies hiring; 10M+ opted-in candidates (Wellfound's About page).

Y Combinator Work at a Startup

Y Combinator's job site for jobs at startups that YC funded. One application goes to many YC companies.

How we checked

On November 10, 2026, we read the pages of each site: its home, pricing, about, help and FAQ pages. Each fact on this page comes from these pages, or, where a site blocked automated reading, from the site’s own text in search results or from its parent company. The sources list says which. “Not stated” means that we did not find the fact on the site’s pages.

The sites are in A to Z order. We did not get money from any site on this list. We make JobsWithPay; its numbers come from our database and change every hour.

Questions

Do startup jobs show salary?

Many do. Wellfound says that most of its listings show salary and equity, and Work at a Startup job cards show pay ranges. On JobsWithPay, 79% of 2,921 open jobs at Y Combinator startups show posted pay.

Is Work at a Startup the same as ycombinator.com/jobs?

Both list jobs at startups that Y Combinator funded. Work at a Startup also lets you apply with one profile that YC companies can see.