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Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

predictive modeling

155 live US technical postings name predictive modeling 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 155 postings naming predictive modeling that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Data Scientist78.1%
  2. 2Data Analyst8.4%
  3. 3Machine Learning Engineer6.5%
  4. 4Data Engineer3.2%
  5. 5AI Engineer1.9%
  6. 6Software Engineer1.9%

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 predictive modeling is named
n = 78
10th
$116k
25th
$145k
Median
$180k
75th
$225k
90th
$261k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1New York, NY17.4%
  2. 2Remote17.4%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA9%
  4. 4Chicago, IL3.9%
  5. 5Washington, DC3.9%
  6. 6Silicon Valley, CA3.2%
  7. 7Austin, TX1.9%
  8. 8Boston, MA1.9%

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.