Data Scientist jobs in California — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-05-23, demand data for Data Scientist in California is still being collected.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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As of 2026-05-23, the metro areas posting the most Data Scientist jobs outside California are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Singapore, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Other top cities hiring Data Scientist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 208 | 21.7% |
| San Francisco | 182 | 19.0% |
| London | 142 | 14.8% |
| Bengaluru | 113 | 11.8% |
| Singapore | 66 | 6.9% |
| Seattle | 55 | 5.7% |
| San Jose | 54 | 5.6% |
| Toronto | 54 | 5.6% |
| Paris | 51 | 5.3% |
| Berlin | 34 | 3.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Data Scientist” and whose locationCity is “California”.
- city
- California
- role
- Data Scientist
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
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