Job market reports · Skill · October 2026
nlp
376 live US technical postings name nlp 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 376 postings naming nlp that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Data Scientist36.4%
- 2Machine Learning Engineer28.5%
- 3AI Engineer14.6%
- 4Software Engineer13.8%
- 5Data Engineer2.4%
- 6Data Analyst1.3%
- 7Full-Stack Engineer1.3%
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.
- 1San Francisco, CA13.8%
- 2New York, NY10.4%
- 3Remote10.1%
- 4Silicon Valley, CA9.3%
- 5Washington, DC9.3%
- 6Seattle, WA3.5%
- 7Boston, MA2.9%
- 8Austin, TX2.4%
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.