Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
ai/ml
323 live US technical postings name ai/ml in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 323 postings naming ai/ml that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Software Engineer51.1%
- 2Data Engineer8%
- 3Data Scientist7.4%
- 4DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer7.4%
- 5Full-Stack Engineer6.8%
- 6Security Engineer5.9%
- 7Machine Learning Engineer4.6%
- 8AI Engineer3.4%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Silicon Valley, CA13.9%
- 2New York, NY11.1%
- 3Remote9.3%
- 4San Francisco, CA9%
- 5Washington, DC6.8%
- 6Seattle, WA2.8%
- 7Austin, TX1.5%
- 8Boston, MA1.2%
How we counted
668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.