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Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

deep learning

512 live US technical postings name deep learning 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 512 postings naming deep learning that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Machine Learning Engineer44.3%
  2. 2Data Scientist27.9%
  3. 3AI Engineer13.1%
  4. 4Software Engineer12.7%
  5. 5DevOps / SRE / Platform 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 deep learning is named
n = 289
10th
$158k
25th
$186k
Median
$216k
75th
$250k
90th
$282k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA19.7%
  2. 2San Francisco, CA17.2%
  3. 3Remote14.1%
  4. 4New York, NY9%
  5. 5Seattle, WA4.1%
  6. 6Boston, MA2.7%
  7. 7Washington, DC2.5%
  8. 8Denver, CO1.8%

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.