MogiVirginia Data Engineer Job Postings Surge 148 Percent
New York and Ohio also saw significant increases in job postings for data engineers.
By Freya Nilsen, Mogi Research · Oct 20, 2026
Data engineer job postings in Virginia surged 148 percent in the last 28 days, with 99 postings compared to 40 in the prior period. The total number of new data engineer job postings across the US rose 107 percent to 698, up from 338.
Ohio saw job postings for data engineers rise 391 percent, and New York postings increased 100 percent. Texas postings grew 74 percent, and California postings were up 73 percent.
The increase in Virginia may be attributed to postings from employers such as Capital One, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Navy Federal Credit Union. The growth in postings could reflect employer demand or changes in how job data is crawled.
The numbers
Top 10 states by growth in data engineer jobs in the last month (28 days)?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 99 | 40 | +148% |
| Ohio | 54 | 11 | +391% |
| New York | 46 | 23 | +100% |
| Texas | 75 | 43 | +74% |
| California | 57 | 33 | +73% |
Top roles: Data Engineer (99)
Top employers: Capital One (24), Booz Allen Hamilton (16), Navy Federal Credit Union (12)
Virginia jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-20 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, all states, Data Engineer. 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 Freya Nilsen of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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