MogiMachine Learning Engineer Role Postings Rise 2 Percent in US
Job postings for Machine Learning Engineers saw a slight increase in the US over the past week.
By Aiko Watanabe, Mogi Research · Oct 17, 2026
In the US over the last seven days, job postings for Machine Learning Engineers rose two percent. There were ninety five postings this period, compared to ninety three in the prior week.
This change follows a broader drop in new job postings across the US, which fell eleven percent to three thousand one hundred ninety two from three thousand six hundred one.
The increase in Machine Learning Engineer postings may be due to employers seeking specialized skills. It could also reflect a seasonal adjustment in hiring needs. The top states for these postings were California, Virginia, and New York.
The numbers
What is the fastest growing role family in the US over the last 7 days?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 95 | 93 | +2% |
| Frontend Engineer | 50 | 40 | +25% |
| Product Owner | 115 | 104 | +11% |
| Analytics Engineer | 35 | 34 | +3% |
| Data Scientist | 174 | 176 | -1% |
Top employers: ServiceNow (8), Jobgether (5), Uber (5)
Top states: California (25), Virginia (10), New York (7)
Machine Learning Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-17 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 Aiko Watanabe of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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