Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
looker
283 live US technical postings name looker 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 283 postings naming looker that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Engineer35%
- 2Data Analyst32.9%
- 3Data Scientist24%
- 4Software Engineer4.6%
- 5AI Engineer2.5%
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.
- 1New York, NY21.6%
- 2Remote18%
- 3San Francisco, CA15.2%
- 4Silicon Valley, CA3.9%
- 5Washington, DC3.5%
- 6Boston, MA2.8%
- 7Austin, TX2.5%
- 8Denver, CO2.1%
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.