More applications, fewer people reading them
Greenhouse Benchmark Report, March 2026. Each panel has its own scale.
Applications per role
2022
115
2025
244
Recruiters per team
2022
10.43
2025
4.62
Applications per role rose 111% while the average recruiting team shrank 55%.
Greenhouse reports recruiters now handle 411% more applications a year than in 2022.