Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
feature engineering
172 live US technical postings name feature engineering 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 172 postings naming feature engineering that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Scientist47.1%
- 2Machine Learning Engineer30.8%
- 3AI Engineer7.6%
- 4Software Engineer7.6%
- 5Data Engineer5.2%
- 6Data Analyst1.2%
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.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1Remote16.9%
- 2New York, NY16.3%
- 3San Francisco, CA12.2%
- 4Silicon Valley, CA10.5%
- 5Washington, DC5.8%
- 6Boston, MA2.3%
- 7Chicago, IL2.3%
- 8Denver, CO2.3%
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.