Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

computer vision

404 live US technical postings name computer vision in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 404 postings naming computer vision that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer42.3%
  2. 2Machine Learning Engineer33.4%
  3. 3Data Scientist11.6%
  4. 4AI Engineer9.7%
  5. 5Data 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 computer vision is named
n = 233
10th
$145k
25th
$175k
Median
$208k
75th
$245k
90th
$281k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1San Francisco, CA18.1%
  2. 2Silicon Valley, CA17.8%
  3. 3Remote10.1%
  4. 4Seattle, WA5.4%
  5. 5Washington, DC4.2%
  6. 6Boston, MA2.7%
  7. 7Austin, TX2.5%
  8. 8Denver, CO2.5%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.