MogiUS Data Scientist Job Postings Edge Up
Data Scientist roles saw a small increase in postings over the past week.
By Nathan Park, Mogi Research · Oct 21, 2026
First, Data Scientist job postings in the US saw a two percent rise, from one hundred fifty one to one hundred fifty four over the last seven days. This change occurred as overall new job postings in the US fell five percent, from two thousand seven hundred twenty one to two thousand five hundred seventy four.
Second, Data Analyst postings surged twenty eight percent, from one hundred twenty to one hundred fifty three. Product Owner roles also saw an increase, rising ten percent from eighty seven to ninety six postings.
Third, this rise in Data Scientist postings may be linked to specific employers. Allergan posted fourteen Data Scientist jobs, followed by Booz Allen Hamilton with eight, and Peraton with six. Virginia showed the most postings with twenty one, followed by Illinois with seventeen, and California with ten.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 154 | 151 | +2% |
| Data Analyst | 153 | 120 | +28% |
| Product Owner | 96 | 87 | +10% |
| Data Engineer | 181 | 178 | +2% |
| Product Manager | 499 | 496 | +1% |
Top employers: Allergan (14), Booz Allen Hamilton (8), Peraton (6)
Top states: Virginia (21), Illinois (17), California (10)
Data Scientist jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-21 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 Nathan Park of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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