Remote Jobs Are Hiring Across the US and Australia — See Today's Openings

"Remote job" is a work arrangement, not an occupation, so the detail depends on the role. What stays constant is the shape of the day: you work from your own space, coordinate in writing, and your output is visible in a system rather than in a room.

• Working a queue or task list — tickets, calls, leads, claims, orders, drafts or code reviews — logged in the employer's system.
• Checking in by chat and video, usually a short stand-up or a shift handover.
• Documenting what you did, because managers who cannot see you rely on written records.

Tools are typically a laptop, headset, video app, chat app and one or two role-specific systems you are trained on. Employers normally state the internet speed they expect and whether they supply equipment.

Shifts are where the two countries diverge. US employers often ask you to cover a specific US time zone; Australian roles may want AEST or AWST hours, and work serving overseas clients can run into the evening or overnight. Get the hours in writing.

Also check whether the role is fully remote: CareerOneStop notes some listed jobs are entirely work-from-home while others require being onsite some of the time (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, undated). The openings further down this page include both, so read the location line.

Remote employers fall into a few recognisable categories, and knowing which one you are dealing with tells you how fast the process moves and how you will be paid.

• Remote-first and distributed companies — software, SaaS and digital services firms that hire wherever they can legally employ.
• Large employers with home-based teams — insurers, banks, health administrators and utilities running customer service, claims and back-office work from home.
• Staffing and recruitment agencies — placing contractors and temp-to-perm workers; you are often on the agency's books, not the client's.
• Business process outsourcing providers — contact centre, moderation, data and support work, frequently on rotating shifts.
• Freelance marketplaces — per-project or per-task work, usually as an independent contractor.
• Government job banks — CareerOneStop's Find a Remote Job tool lets you enter a title or keyword to find US postings where the worker is not required onsite (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, 2020), with results drawn from the National Labor Exchange (CareerOneStop, undated).

In Australia, many remote listings come direct from employers or through recruiters, and a share are contractor rather than employee roles. The Fair Work Ombudsman defines an independent contractor as someone who works for themselves, provides services without being employed by the business, and usually negotiates their own fees and can work for several clients at once (Fair Work Ombudsman, undated). Scroll down to see which categories are advertising now.

Rates are set by the employer, the role and the country whose employment rules apply. Work out which model you are being offered, then check current numbers yourself.

If you contract in the US, the IRS states a gig worker with net self-employment earnings of $400 or more must file a return, even for a side or temporary job, and may owe quarterly estimated taxes (IRS, undated). Check the pay model named in each listing below.

1. Pick two or three target job titles and search those, not the word "remote" alone — a CareerOneStop search for "remote" across the United States returns results capped at 10,000 listings (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, undated).
2. Rewrite your resume around remote-relevant evidence: the systems you have used, the volume you handled, the hours you covered, any period you worked unsupervised.
3. Set up your profiles. CareerOneStop advises selecting the "Remote Jobs Only" filter and saving preferred jobs to an account to review and apply later (CareerOneStop, undated).
4. Fix the setup first — working headset, tested camera, stable connection, quiet space — and confirm in each application who supplies equipment.
5. Sort out payment. Employee roles mean direct deposit, or an Australian bank account and super details; contractor work means an ABN in Australia or the correct tax forms in the US, plus an invoicing method. Get any platform fees in writing.
6. Send a short, specific application naming the role, the hours you can cover in the employer's time zone, the tools you know and one measurable result.
7. Track every application by date, contact and stage so you can follow up once.

Work through these in order, then use the openings on this page to put step six into practice.

Remote hiring is the format scammers imitate most. Scamwatch received more than 3,000 job scam reports in 2024 with losses totalling $13.7 million, and average losses ran 5.1% higher than for all other scam types (National Anti-Scam Centre, undated). Employment fraud reports among people aged 24 and under more than doubled in 2025 compared with the year before (ABC News, 7 April 2026).

• Confirm the business exists. For an Australian employer, ASIC advises checking registration and the ABN through the Australian Business Register's ABN Lookup, searchable by name, ABN or ACN, and checking the companies register for the directors (ASIC, 2 October 2026). For a US employer, check the relevant state business registry.
• Check how they contacted you. The Federal Trade Commission has warned that scammers increasingly impersonate recruiters from real companies and advertise well-paid remote jobs by unsolicited text. Go to the company's own site and apply there.
• Refuse upfront payments. Scamwatch warns job scams promise easy work-from-home, short hours and high pay, then ask victims to pay to earn a wage, sometimes as levels that unlock more money; reported victims had a median loss of $6,000 (Scamwatch, 20 October 2023).
• Be wary of no real interview, widely cited following FTC guidance as a clear signal of a remote job scam.
• Get hours, time zone, start date and holiday cover in writing.
• Confirm your status. If an Australian arrangement looks like sham contracting, the Fair Work Ombudsman can investigate and runs the Independent Contractors Hotline on 1300 667 850 (Fair Work Ombudsman, undated).
• Read independent employer reviews on established workplace review sites, looking for repeated complaints.

Run these checks on any listing below before handing over personal details.

The listings on this page are drawn from current remote postings across the US and Australia, so check the location line, the stated hours and whether the role is fully remote or part-onsite before you apply. Use the buttons here to open the live openings and the related guides on applications, interviews and contractor setup.