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State data Scientist workforce
50 places ranked by data scientist employment.
California is out in front at 39,310 jobs.
50 of 51 placeschecked May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTCdailyhow we measure this →CSV / JSON
In front today
California
39,310 jobsdata scientist employment
- Ahead of second place
- 13.5K
- Held by the top three
- 34%
- Middle of the board
- 2,490
- Below half the leader
- 47 of 50
Highest 39,310 jobsMiddle 2,490
WHY THIS RANK / VERIFIED SNAPSHOT
Louisiana
Ranks states by the latest BLS estimate of employment in the exact SOC 15-2051 Data Scientists occupation, with published concentration, wage, and sampling-error context.
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Some explanation inputs are unavailable Missing: publicFrozenEvidence, comparablePriorRanking.
- Published rank
- #35
- Score
- 1,300 jobs
- Sample size
- 5
100% confidence · 50% component coverage · as of May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC
SCORE CONSTRUCTION
5/10 evidencedComponent ledger
| Component | Value | Weight | Contribution | Evidence | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bls data scientist annual mean wage USD | 88480.0000000000 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
| bls data scientist annual median wage USD | 78760.0000000000 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
| bls data scientist jobs per 1000 | 0.6710000000 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
| bls data scientist location quotient | 0.4000000000 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
| bls data scientist state employment | 1300.0000000000 | 100% | 1,300 | 1 | available |
| employmentRelativeStandardErrorPercent | 10.1 | 0% | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
| excludesSelfEmployed | 1 | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
| occupationCode | 15-2051 | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
| stateCode | LA | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
| surveyEstimate | 1 | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
WHY IT MOVED
No rank deltanew since prior snapshot
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No component moved since the prior snapshot.
PRIMARY EVIDENCE
5 public recordsSource trail
Data scientist annual mean wagebls data scientist annual mean wage USD · observed May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC$88,480.00100% confidence
- Source
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics state release
- Grade
- A
- Freshness
- fresh
- Locator
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Data scientist annual median wagebls data scientist annual median wage USD · observed May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC$78,760.00100% confidence
- Source
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics state release
- Grade
- A
- Freshness
- fresh
- Locator
{"workbook":"oesm25st/state_M2025_dl.xlsx","worksheet":"state_MYYYY_dl","stateColumn":"PRIM_STATE","outerArchive":"oesm25st.zip","occupationCode":"15-2051","occupationCodeColumn":"OCC_CODE"}
Data scientist jobs per 1,000 jobsbls data scientist jobs per 1000 · observed May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC0.671 jobs_per_1000100% confidence
- Source
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics state release
- Grade
- A
- Freshness
- fresh
- Locator
{"workbook":"oesm25st/state_M2025_dl.xlsx","worksheet":"state_MYYYY_dl","stateColumn":"PRIM_STATE","outerArchive":"oesm25st.zip","occupationCode":"15-2051","occupationCodeColumn":"OCC_CODE"}
Data scientist location quotientbls data scientist location quotient · observed May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC0.4 ratio100% confidence
- Source
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics state release
- Grade
- A
- Freshness
- fresh
- Locator
{"workbook":"oesm25st/state_M2025_dl.xlsx","worksheet":"state_MYYYY_dl","stateColumn":"PRIM_STATE","outerArchive":"oesm25st.zip","occupationCode":"15-2051","occupationCodeColumn":"OCC_CODE"}
Data scientist employmentbls data scientist state employment · observed May 15, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC1,300 jobs100% confidence
- Source
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics state release
- Grade
- A
- Freshness
- fresh
- Locator
{"workbook":"oesm25st/state_M2025_dl.xlsx","worksheet":"state_MYYYY_dl","stateColumn":"PRIM_STATE","outerArchive":"oesm25st.zip","occupationCode":"15-2051","occupationCodeColumn":"OCC_CODE"}
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