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It examines postings that required or preferred BCBA/BCBA-D certification across 16 years (2010–2025) and assistant behavior analyst demand through BCaBA certification trends. Findings highlight sustained growth for BCBA/BCBA-D, including a notable 28% increase from 2024 to 2025, while BCaBA demand declines between 2024 and 2025 despite longer-term growth. 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All rights reserved.  \nBoard Certified Behavior Analyst®, BCBA®, Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral®, BCBA-D®, Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst®, and BCaBA® are owned by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.  \nElectronic and/or paper copies of part or all of this work may be made for personal, educational, or policymaking purposes, provided such copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage. All copies, regardless of medium, must include this notice on the first page. Abstracting with proper credit is permitted.  \nThis document should be referenced as:  \nBehavior Analyst Certification Board. (2026). US employment demand for behavior analysts: 2010–2025.  \n[https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/us_employmentdemand_ba/](https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/us_employmentdemand_ba/)  \nSummary  \nLightcast® is a software company that collects and analyzes labor market data in the United States. These data are aggregated in the Developer™ database, which includes online job postings collected from over 65,000 sources. This database allows advanced searches of over 70 data fields that are extracted from each posting, including job title, occupation, employer, industry, required skills, credentials, and salary. Duplicate job postings are excluded from Developer search results.  \nThe Developer database was used to assess the national employment demand for behavior analysts from the past 16 years (2010–2025) and the demand by state from the past 12 months.  \nKey Findings  \n• Demand for behavior analysts continues to grow. Annual nationwide demand for individuals holding BCBA or BCBA-D certification has increased each year since 2010, with a 28% increase from 2024 to 2025. Demand was highest in five states in 2025 (ordered from most to least): California, New Jersey, Texas, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. These five states account for 38% of the recent demand for behavior analysts, with California alone accounting for 15% of the 2025 demand.  \n• The demand for assistant behavior analysts decreased in 2025. After a significant 131% increase in demand from 2023 to 2024, the demand for BCaBA certification decreased between 2024 and 2025; however, there is still an overall increasing trend for BCaBA certification demand since 2010. Demand was highest in five states in 2025 (ordered from most to least): California, Florida, Michigan, Texas, and Pennsylvania. These five states account for 43% of the recent demand for assistant behavior analysts, with California alone accounting for 15% of the 2025 demand.  \nAnnual Demand for BCBA/BCBA-D Certification  \nThe following graph depicts the annual number of job postings nationwide over the past 16 years (2010–2025) that either required or preferred BCBA/BCBA-D certification.  \n\\# of Job Postings  \n150,000  \n120,000  \n90,000  \n60,000  \n30,000  \n0  \n103,150  \n57,569 65,366 46,960  \n33,996 28,967  \n16,109  \n7,091  \n132,307  \n789 1,144 1,342 2,638 2,903 3,901 6,203  \n2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025  \nDemand for BCBA/BCBA-D Certification by State  \nThe following heat map depicts the number of job postings per state in 2025. Data from the top 30 states and their respective changes from 2024 to 2025 are depicted in the table on page 3.  \n|  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| BCBA/BCBA-D By State | 2024 Postings | 2025 Postings | % Change |\n| California | 19,578 | 20,258 | 3% |\n| New Jersey | 5,154 | 8,139 | 58% |\n| Texas | 5,889 | 7,792 | 32% |\n| Massachusetts | 6,132 | 7,315 | 19% |\n| North Carolina | 4,228 | 6,874 | 63% |\n| Georgia | 4,315 | 6,471 | 50% |\n| Florida | 4,709 | 5,537 | 18% |\n| Pennsylvania | 3,828 | 5,012 | 31% |\n| New York | 3,026 | 4,902 | 62% |\n| Illinois | 4,680 | 4,835 | 3% |\n| Maryland | 3,023 | 4,751 | 57% |\n| Virginia | 3,425 | 4,343 | 27% |\n| Michigan | 3,424 | 4,160 | 21% |\n| ","cbCaigdfmINpaSqc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigdfmINpaSqc","pdf",529208,"English","# Summary\n# Key Findings\n# Annual Demand for BCBA/BCBA-D Certification\n# Demand for BCBA/BCBA-D Certification by State\n# Annual Demand for BCaBA Certification\n# Demand for BCaBA Certification by State","[{\"question\":\"How was employment demand for behavior analysts measured in this report?\",\"answer\":\"It is based on Lightcast job posting data aggregated in the Developer database, using advanced searches across extracted fields such as job title, credentials, and salary. 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