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US Data Scientist Postings Fell Last Week

Job postings for Data Scientists in the US dropped twenty percent in the last seven days.

By Caleb Sutherland, Mogi Research · Oct 19, 2026

Job postings for Data Scientists in the US fell twenty percent last week. The number of postings went from three thousand two hundred twenty five to two thousand five hundred sixty four.

Postings for Frontend Engineers rose twenty percent. Analytics Engineer postings also rose twenty percent. Other roles like Data Analyst saw postings fall.

This drop in Data Scientist postings could be due to fewer companies needing the skill right now. It may also reflect a shift in hiring needs towards other roles. The figures cover the week from October thirteenth to October nineteenth.

The numbers

Which role family saw the biggest growth in postings in the US last week?

NameLast 7 daysThe 7 beforeChange
Data Scientist146149-2%
Frontend Engineer4235+20%
Analytics Engineer3025+20%
Product Owner9798-1%
Data Analyst128148-14%

Top employers: Booz Allen Hamilton (10), Allergan (8), Guidehouse (5)

Top states: California (13), Texas (12), Illinois (10)

Data Scientist jobs by city

Data Scientist in New York, NY95Data Scientist in San Francisco, CA72Data Scientist in McLean, VA65Data Scientist in Fort Meade, MD33Data Scientist in Washington, DC33Data Scientist in Annapolis Junction, MD25Data Scientist in Boston, MA25Data Scientist in Chicago, IL25

Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-19 with the 7 days before them. Covers US, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.

Written by Caleb Sutherland of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.

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