Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

nlp

381 live US technical postings name nlp 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 381 postings naming nlp that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Data Scientist38.1%
  2. 2Machine Learning Engineer29.1%
  3. 3AI Engineer15.2%
  4. 4Software Engineer13.1%
  5. 5Data Engineer1.6%
  6. 6Data Analyst1%

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 nlp is named
n = 194
10th
$132k
25th
$158k
Median
$202k
75th
$231k
90th
$265k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1San Francisco, CA12.9%
  2. 2Remote11%
  3. 3New York, NY10.8%
  4. 4Silicon Valley, CA10.2%
  5. 5Washington, DC8.7%
  6. 6Seattle, WA3.1%
  7. 7Boston, MA2.9%
  8. 8Austin, TX2.1%

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.