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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

data processing

170 live US technical postings name data processing 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 170 postings naming data processing that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer78.2%
  2. 2Data Scientist7.1%
  3. 3Machine Learning Engineer4.7%
  4. 4DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.9%
  5. 5AI Engineer2.4%
  6. 6Backend Engineer1.8%
  7. 7Data Analyst1.8%
  8. 8Data Engineer1.2%

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 data processing is named
n = 96
10th
$152k
25th
$192k
Median
$205k
75th
$250k
90th
$281k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA14.1%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA11.2%
  3. 3Seattle, WA10.6%
  4. 4Remote7.6%
  5. 5New York, NY7.1%
  6. 6Washington, DC3.5%
  7. 7Boston, MA2.4%

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.