Something good is happening in the world of work. More and more companies are posting jobs—many good-paying, remote jobs—where the lack of a college degree is no longer a barrier to entry. Based on the requirements listed within the five available remote jobs below, companies have figured out what many have long since known. Education matters, but experience matters more.

Given that 62% of Americans lack a college degree, employers are getting more creative with filling jobs to ensure there will be an adequate employee-candidate base well into the future. Labor shortages, among other factors, are causing some hiring managers and supervisors to prioritize the weighted value of experience and skills above education. This is happening for traditional and remote jobs as well.

As you’ll see with the available remote jobs listed below—companies aren’t only ready to pay annual salaries of $200,000 up to $382,000 to attract the right talent, these employers are offering new hires great benefit packages, opportunities for remote work and (in some instances) forgoing the college-degree requirement completely.

5 remote jobs that do not require a college degree.

Note: The status for these remote jobs is accurate as of the date and time of this publication. The postings are subject to modification and/or removal at any time at the discretion of the company. If you have questions about any position, contact the employer directly.

1. VP of Design, Core – a full-time, remote job that reposted one (1) week ago.

The company is Dropbox, a cloud storage and hosting service with solutions to help organizations and individuals stay organized and design a more enlightened way of working. The salary range for this job is listed as $382K – $517K annually and comes with a comprehensive benefit package.

The posting makes no mention of a college-degree requirement. Refer to the full job posting for specifics, but here are three key requirements for this remote job.

1. 13+ years of experience leading a design team.
2. A portfolio of design work that demonstrates your ability to ship successful products that customers love.
3. Deep experience collaborating and working well with product managers, engineering, and marketing to drive vision, strategy and execution.

2. Head of Pre-Sales Solutions Architecture – a full-time, remote job that reposted six (6) days ago.

The company is Mapbox, a leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. This company prides itself in equipping organizations with tools to track people, packages and vehicles everywhere. The salary range for this job is listed as $221K – $299K annually with a 5% to 10% higher for U.S. locations with a higher cost of labor. The position comes with a comprehensive benefit package.

The posting makes no mention of a college-degree requirement. Refer to the full job posting for specifics and understanding, but here are four key requirements for this remote job.

1. 8+ years of experience leading high performing teams.
2. 5+ years of experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions architecture, or product management.
3. 3+ years of experience working or building with one or more mobile programming platforms – Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, or Swift.
4. Willing to travel 25% traveling time for customer meetings and events.

3. Consulting Director – Innosight Healthcare Strategy & Innovation—a full-time, remote job that reposted one (1) week ago.

The company is Innosight (via Huron), a global strategy consulting firm that helps organizations design and create the future by developing growth strategies, building innovation capabilities and accelerating new growth initiatives. The salary range for this job is listed as $215K – $362K annually. The position comes with a comprehensive benefit package.

The posting makes no mention of a college-degree requirement. This is a summary. Refer to the full job posting for specifics and understanding, but here are four key requirements for this remote job.

1. 10+ years of consulting experience with a top management consulting firm.
2. Expert knowledge of the healthcare industry and experience collaborating and working with healthcare industry stakeholders, systems and networks.
3. Should be a conceptual thinker with strategic and problem-solving skills.
4. Willingness to travel weekly (up to 80%) is required and living location can be anywhere within the contiguous 48 states and near a major airport.

4. Head of Business Architecture—a full-time, remote job that reposted four (4) days ago.

The company is Liberty Mutual Insurance, an insurance company providing protection for the unexpected and delivering services with care. The salary range for this job is listed as $200K – $359K annually. The position comes with a comprehensive benefit package.

The posting makes no mention of a college-degree requirement. Refer to the full job posting for specifics and understanding, but here are four key requirements for this remote job.

1. Must have deep industry expertise in P&C insurers.
2. Several years of experience designing and developing E2E business processes frameworks and required IT capabilities.
3. Experience in value stream mapping, digital customer journey mapping, among other process tools.
4. Certifications: Six Sigma Master Black Belt, ISO certification or proven comparable experience.

5. Senior Global Business Growth Lead—a full-time, remote job that reposted one (1) week ago.

The company is Airbnb, a service provider helping employers modernize their behavioral health benefits with the most effective, comprehensive solution for employee mental wellbeing. The salary range for this job is listed as $196K – $245K annually. The position comes with a comprehensive benefit package.

The posting makes no mention of a college-degree requirement. Refer to the full job posting for specifics and understanding, but here are four key requirements for this remote job.

1. 12+ years of experience leading high-growth businesses, with a demonstrated ability to influence and align functional teams. Proven track record of building and scaling new businesses.
2. Experience working across countries and markets, especially in taking a global strategy and adapting to local markets.
3. Proven experience in leading strategic and tactical execution within a large organization, with the ability to advise management on complex projects or issues.
4. Must reside in a state where there is a registered Airbnb, Inc. entity.

You can secure a high-paying remote job without a college degree.

It’s becoming easier to secure a high-paying job—even remote jobs—without having a college degree. This 2024 compensation report by Payscale informs that, “34 percent of organizations say they have removed degree requirements while another 41 percent say that it depends on the job. Overall, only a minority of organizations in 2024 say they still require a college degree for all salaried positions.”

Payscale’s report goes on to state, “A rising trend in recent years is the shift to skills-based talent management, which refers to hiring and employee redeployment processes that emphasize capabilities over education or titles. Skills-based talent management has garnered increased interest because of its potential to solve labor shortages and increase business agility. Organizations with a clear understanding of the skills needed to do the jobs that they need done can respond to skills gaps with learning and development, organize business needs around people rather than jobs, and more easily identify talent to promote from within.”

Education still matters for traditional and remote jobs.

Employers still desire—and need—a well-informed and educated workforce; it’s just that the value and appreciation for how that education is received has evolved.

Employers are changing because the times are changing. Remote work arrangements and the non-degree requirement represent a paradigm shift with both employers and employees in the workforce.

Employers aren’t as eager to push aside viable, experienced candidates simply because they lack a college degree. They have learned that even when a new employee comes in with a degree, a lot of learning and training must still occur. A college degree does not eliminate the need for all on-the-job or ongoing/continual learning.

Instead of blanket degree requirements, there is a trend toward training to address noticeable skill gaps as well as online and in-person—just in time—training, certifications, leadership and executive development workshops, etc.

With these options, the correlation between learning and application can be more quickly applied and observed, and the timing for the learning programs is significantly condensed when compared to years-long degree programs.

Senior leaders and executives are receiving education; they’re simply receiving it in methods, formats and approaches that are proving more readily accessible, more timely and immediately transferrable to the needs of the organization and the employees holding the jobs.

Education and learning shifts impact the workplace just like remote jobs have.

Alternative methods and approaches to learning and education are being embraced. Just as we’ve experienced with remote work—the foundation for education and how learning occurs is shifting. While there is still a higher premium on college degrees, and the perceived elevated value they bring, it’s clear that experience (hands-on, real-world experience) holds a value and premium all its own.

Given the prevailing attitudes and traditions, the move towards skills-based hiring will take some time before it’s fully embedded within an organization’s culture, and surely there will be pushback with this. The good news is that several major corporations are already making this shift (e.g., Google, IBM, Tesla, GM, Accenture, etc.).

If you desire a high-paying remote job and don’t have a college degree, you have more options (given you have the work experience). Today, you have positions like the five above to consider. And tomorrow, you will have increasingly more.

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