Cleared Hiring Index

Name: FortHire Cleared Hiring Index
Creator: FortHire

On Oct 24, 2026, 30,027 open roles on the employer sites we read mentioned a clearance requirement, 1,782 of them security roles. This is the first week of the index. Week-over-week changes start on Oct 31, 2026.

Free and updated weekly from daily snapshots. Counts are open roles whose posting mentions a clearance requirement, read from each employer's own hiring page. FortHire does not verify clearances. Today's counts as JSON.

Totals
Measure	Oct 24, 2026	Week before	Change
All roles that mention a clearance requirement	30,027	n/a	n/a
Security roles	1,782	n/a	n/a

By employer (top 50)
Employer	Oct 24, 2026	Week before	Change
RTX	3,668	n/a	n/a
CORP-Corporate Office	2,872	n/a	n/a
L3Harris	2,199	n/a	n/a
Booz Allen Hamilton_United States	1,986	n/a	n/a
Anduril Industries	1,767	n/a	n/a
Leidos	1,503	n/a	n/a
Amentum	1,498	n/a	n/a
CACI	1,497	n/a	n/a
Peraton	1,186	n/a	n/a
GD Information Technology, Inc.	875	n/a	n/a
BAE Systems	845	n/a	n/a
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc	619	n/a	n/a
HII Mission Technologies	617	n/a	n/a
KBR Wyle Services, LLC	612	n/a	n/a
Accenture Federal Services	523	n/a	n/a
The Boeing Company	488	n/a	n/a
Parsons Transportation Group	459	n/a	n/a
US101 Guidehouse Inc.	435	n/a	n/a
Sierra Nevada Corporation	388	n/a	n/a
Parsons Technical Services, Inc.	341	n/a	n/a
Shieldai	276	n/a	n/a
Parsons Government Services Inc.	253	n/a	n/a
Leonardo DRS	226	n/a	n/a
AeroVironment, Inc.	210	n/a	n/a
SpaceX	202	n/a	n/a
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.	201	n/a	n/a
Dynetics, Inc	183	n/a	n/a
Los Alamos National Laboratory	175	n/a	n/a
Torch Technologies, Inc.	171	n/a	n/a
Rocket Lab Corporation	161	n/a	n/a
Palantir	147	n/a	n/a
SP - Orbital Space Systems	139	n/a	n/a
SP - Launch Vehicles	136	n/a	n/a
Battelle	132	n/a	n/a
Radiance Technologies, Inc.	119	n/a	n/a
KBR Services, LLC	117	n/a	n/a
US132 Guidehouse Digital, LLC	117	n/a	n/a
Blue Origin Personnel, LLC	116	n/a	n/a
M.C. Dean	107	n/a	n/a
Sierra Space	91	n/a	n/a
Johns Hopkins APL	90	n/a	n/a
SP - Propulsion Systems	89	n/a	n/a
ICF	83	n/a	n/a
Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd	83	n/a	n/a
Dynetics Tech Sol, Inc	78	n/a	n/a
General Dynamics Electric Boat	67	n/a	n/a
Millennium Space Systems	56	n/a	n/a
Unisys Australia Pty Limited	56	n/a	n/a
HII	54	n/a	n/a
DS - Advanced Weapons - Northridge	53	n/a	n/a

By clearance level
Level	Oct 24, 2026	Week before	Change
Secret	9,910	n/a	n/a
TS/SCI	7,795	n/a	n/a
Clearance level not stated	7,315	n/a	n/a
Top Secret	3,745	n/a	n/a
Public Trust	1,262	n/a	n/a

By metro
Metro	Oct 24, 2026	Week before	Change
Northern Virginia	3,179	n/a	n/a
Maryland and Fort Meade	1,808	n/a	n/a
Colorado Springs and Denver	1,017	n/a	n/a
Huntsville, AL	882	n/a	n/a
Washington, DC	781	n/a	n/a
Los Angeles and El Segundo	533	n/a	n/a
San Diego	477	n/a	n/a
Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Virginia Beach)	343	n/a	n/a
Dayton and Wright-Patterson	305	n/a	n/a
Boston and Hanscom	194	n/a	n/a
St. Louis	179	n/a	n/a
San Antonio	161	n/a	n/a
Albuquerque and Kirtland	158	n/a	n/a
Hawaii	156	n/a	n/a
Fort Bragg and Fayetteville, NC	151	n/a	n/a
Tampa and MacDill	129	n/a	n/a
Charleston, SC	90	n/a	n/a
Oklahoma City and Tinker	66	n/a	n/a
Omaha and Offutt	32	n/a	n/a
Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca	28	n/a	n/a

By category
Category	Oct 24, 2026	Week before	Change
Engineering	11,381	n/a	n/a
Software and IT	5,666	n/a	n/a
Program and ops	4,678	n/a	n/a
Other	3,519	n/a	n/a
Intel and analysis	3,001	n/a	n/a
Security	1,782	n/a	n/a

How we count: one snapshot per day of the roles listed on /cleared/. The week-over-week column compares the newest snapshot with the newest one at least 7 days older. Employers we started reading during the week show growth that reflects our coverage, not only their hiring. A role listed in more than one metro counts once in each metro, so metro rows can add up to more than the total. FortHire does not verify clearances or eligibility. These are roles whose posting mentions a clearance requirement, read from each employer's own hiring page. Security roles open on FortHire; every other role links straight to the employer's posting. Employers can ask us to remove a posting at [email protected].