Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

computer vision

395 live US technical postings name computer vision 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 395 postings naming computer vision that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer41.3%
  2. 2Machine Learning Engineer32.4%
  3. 3Data Scientist13.7%
  4. 4AI Engineer9.9%
  5. 5Data Engineer1.3%

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.

Disclosed pay where computer vision is named
n = 214
10th
$148k
25th
$177k
Median
$205k
75th
$245k
90th
$281k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1San Francisco, CA15.2%
  2. 2Silicon Valley, CA13.9%
  3. 3Remote12.7%
  4. 4Seattle, WA5.1%
  5. 5Washington, DC4.8%
  6. 6Boston, MA3.8%
  7. 7New York, NY3.3%
  8. 8Los Angeles, CA2.8%

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.