Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

data visualization

567 live US technical postings name data visualization 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 567 postings naming data visualization that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Data Scientist37.9%
  2. 2Data Analyst30.5%
  3. 3Software Engineer16.6%
  4. 4Data Engineer4.6%
  5. 5Full-Stack Engineer3.7%
  6. 6Machine Learning Engineer3.4%
  7. 7Frontend Engineer1.4%

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 data visualization is named
n = 324
10th
$95k
25th
$119k
Median
$151k
75th
$188k
90th
$227k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1New York, NY9.7%
  2. 2Washington, DC8.8%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA8.5%
  4. 4Remote6.9%
  5. 5Silicon Valley, CA5.5%
  6. 6Los Angeles, CA2.5%
  7. 7Boston, MA2.3%
  8. 8Denver, CO1.8%

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.