Technology
Data Scientist in Los Angeles
116 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 116 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution5%6 of 116 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution3%3 of 116 postingsAccredited institution →
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Bachelor’s degree48%
- Master’s degree44%
- Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree4%
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
O*NET 15-2051.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
Zoox · Roblox · Anthropic · Pinterest · Lyft · Scale AI · Chime · Faire · Figma · Robinhood · Gusto · Intuitive Surgical · Lucid Motors · Rocket Money · SoFi · Achieve · Attentive · Fanatics Commerce · Integrated Resources Inc · Mach Industries · Nimble Robotics · Oscar Health · Skild AI · SpaceX · Spring Health · Stripe · Suno
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