Though relatively uncommon at young startups, in-person work happens across sectors — including software

The 2025 RealLIST Startups class represents eight sectors, and 50% of them have hybrid work environments, while another 42% are all-remote. Fewer than 10% work in-person.

A bar chart showing 74 startups represent 8 industries, with 36 hybrid workplaces, 30 all-remote and just seven all in-person. The software startups have the most remote jobs, followed by healthtech and greentech, while biotech and robotics have no all-remote jobs at all and cybersecurity only has remote jobs.