# Data & science careers — counted from open postings

Source: https://careerversion.com/careers/data-science  
Counted: 2026-10-18T14:13:01.334461+00:00 from employers' own job boards; refreshed nightly. Only open roles. USD; posted bands only, where eight or more posted one, and a figure that could not be a year's pay is left out. Never estimated.

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## Facts
- Open roles: 8,972 across 1,443 employers
- Entry level (titled junior/intern, or a year or less asked and not titled senior): 576 (387 titled)
- Postings stating no level: 4,784
- New in the last 30 days (dated first publish): 1,497
- Median posted band at entry: $127K median (10th $77K, 90th $211K; 248 posted bands)
- Median posted band, all levels: $165K median (10th $98K, 90th $273K; 4351 posted bands)
- Work mode: remote 1073, hybrid 661, on site 5875, not stated 1363

## The roles
| Role | Open roles | Posted bands | Median band |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Data Scientist | 1117 | 613 | $162K |
| Data Engineer | 911 | 420 | $162K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 582 | 348 | $218K |
| Data Analyst | 435 | 167 | $127K |
| Manager | 253 | 144 | $192K |
| Research Scientist | 210 | 129 | $204K |
| Ai/Ml Engineer | 113 | 65 | $171K |
| Director | 112 | 72 | $230K |
| Analytics Engineer | 104 | 58 | $172K |
| Associate | 67 | 45 | $145K |
| Business Intelligence Analyst | 58 | 32 | $90K |
| Ai Engineer | 57 | 37 | $183K |

## The ladder
| Level | Open roles | Posted bands | Median band |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Intern | 241 | 58 | $115K |
| Junior | 146 | 47 | $99K |
| Mid | 118 | 62 | $139K |
| Senior | 1950 | 828 | $174K |
| Staff | 472 | 290 | $236K |
| Principal | 330 | 213 | $210K |
| Management | 931 | 532 | $195K |

## Skills postings name most
- Python: 4898 postings, 369 at entry level
- Machine Learning: 4233 postings, 279 at entry level
- SQL: 3959 postings, 256 at entry level
- Data Science: 3449 postings, 251 at entry level
- Data Pipelines: 3061 postings, 159 at entry level
- Cloud Infrastructure: 2421 postings, 127 at entry level
- Data Cleaning: 2145 postings, 110 at entry level
- Data Analysis: 2088 postings, 186 at entry level
- Statistics: 2062 postings, 196 at entry level
- Data Warehousing: 1656 postings, 92 at entry level
- Dashboard Building: 1633 postings, 131 at entry level
- Deep Learning: 1572 postings, 117 at entry level

## Employers with the most open roles
- Weekday AI: 263 open, 7 entry level
- Capital One: 211 open, 43 entry level
- Bah: 207 open, 17 entry level
- Booz Allen Hamilton: 179 open, 15 entry level
- Anthropic: 123 open, 0 entry level
- Accenture Federal Services: 114 open, 5 entry level
- Capco: 110 open, 0 entry level
- Bosch Group: 100 open, 9 entry level
- waymo: 90 open, 20 entry level
- BuiltIn Integration Sandbox: 83 open, 0 entry level

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