Is it? https://jobs.perl.org/

I don't use it and you may not but it still has an active community and job listings. The last release was on December 20th [1].

This is what I'm talking about: it may not be popular in a "bleeding edge" sense, but it's still being used and developed.

[1] https://dev.perl.org/perl5/news/

"Dead" languages still have codebases that need to be maintained, and companies already invested that need new development may lean on the expertise the company already has, but this is more a sign of subsistence, not thriving life.

uh, it's got a total of three jobs on there currently with two of them over a month old.

Raku's doing alright though