Methodology · v1.0
The Real Remote Score
A 0–100 score that captures how genuinely remote a job listing is, along five auditable pillars. We publish the full rubric so that any hiring team can see exactly what the score measures — and adjust their listings accordingly.
The rubric
Five pillars, 100 points
Every listing RemNavi indexes gets a Real Remote Score. The score is the sum of five sub-scores, one per pillar. No pillar can produce a negative number — missing data is treated as zero, not as a penalty.
Pillar 01
max 25 pts
Compensation transparency
Whether the posting publishes a real range — the single most honest signal of how the employer treats candidates before interview.
| Condition | Points |
|---|---|
| Full published range (min–max) | 25 |
| Single disclosed figure | 10 |
| No salary information | 0 |
Pillar 02
max 25 pts
Location openness
How much of the world the role is actually open to. "Remote" without a geography tag is not the same as "worldwide".
| Condition | Points |
|---|---|
| Worldwide / any timezone | 25 |
| Continental (EMEA, APAC, LATAM, Americas) | 15 |
| Country-scoped | 10 |
| US-only | 8 |
| Specific single timezone or city | 4 |
| Unspecified | 0 |
Pillar 03
max 15 pts
Source credibility
Direct employer ATS feeds are more authoritative than third-party aggregators, which can carry stale or misfiled listings.
| Condition | Points |
|---|---|
| Direct ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable) | 15 |
| Remote-first board (Remotive, WWR, Jobicy, Remote OK) | 10 |
| HN Who's Hiring | 5 |
| Generic or unknown aggregator | 5 |
Pillar 04
max 15 pts
Role clarity
Seniority and stack should be in the title. "Software Engineer" tells a candidate nothing; "Senior Python Backend Engineer" tells them everything they need before a single click.
| Condition | Points |
|---|---|
| Seniority + stack keyword present | 15 |
| Either present | 8 |
| Neither present | 3 |
| Empty title | 0 |
Pillar 05
max 20 pts
Freshness
Stale listings are a poor experience for candidates and erode trust in the board. We reward recent postings heavily.
| Condition | Points |
|---|---|
| Posted in last 7 days | 20 |
| Posted in last 30 days | 12 |
| Posted in last 90 days | 5 |
| Older than 90 days | 0 |
Tier labels
What the total score means
We group raw scores into five tiers. Tiers are a convenience — the underlying number is always published alongside.
Exceptional
Published salary range, worldwide-open, direct ATS, explicit seniority + stack, and fresh.
Strong
All the ingredients of a well-run remote hiring process; one or two pillars not maxed.
Solid
A credible listing with real information — worth applying to.
Mixed
Missing major signals. Candidates will need to ask questions before investing time.
Weak
Too little public information to judge the role. Often stale, vague, or country-gated without disclosure.
What the score is not
Boundaries
The Real Remote Score is not a job-quality score. A low-paying role with full transparency can score higher than a well-paid role that hides the band — that's intentional. The score rewards honest public listings, not salary absolutes.
The score is not a company score. Two listings from the same company can score very differently. We always score the listing, never the employer brand.
The score is not permanent. Freshness decays, so a role that scored 90 on day 1 will drop as it ages — a mechanic we consider a feature, not a bug.
The score is computed from public data only. We never contact the employer to verify. If a listing says "US-only" publicly but the recruiter tells you otherwise in a call, the score will reflect what was published.
Licence
Use this rubric freely
The Real Remote Score methodology is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. You are free to copy, adapt, or apply the rubric to your own dataset — with attribution.
Full data methodology (how listings are ingested, deduplicated, and normalised) is at remnavi.com/methodology. Press enquiries: press@remnavi.com.
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Every job on RemNavi gets a Real Remote Score computed on ingest. Filter, sort, and compare by total score or by any single pillar.
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