Technology
Data Scientist in San Diego
115 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 25 employers · largest 16% of it
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 115 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution5%6 of 115 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.
- CPAAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy1%1 of 115 postings$1,500 exam · fee checked 2026-08~400 hrs prepAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy →
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution3%4 of 115 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 2026-10-01 · 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 · Faire · Lyft · Figma · Robinhood · Attentive · Chime · Scale AI · Fanatics Commerce · Gusto · Lucid Motors · Coinbase · Integrated Resources Inc · Intuitive Surgical · Klaviyo · Nimble Robotics · Rocket Money · Skild AI · SoFi · SpaceX · Spring Health · Wealthfront
The same role elsewhere
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