Yes, and the demand is measurable. Level tracks 70,937 live jobs that name AI tools or tasks, posted by 544 companies across 18 job categories. 4,441 of them are rated AI Level 4, where AI is the job itself, and 55,751 are rated AI Level 1, where the work involves no AI at all. Measured September 2026.
Most “AI jobs” aren't.
In the last 24 hours, 747 tech jobs went up. 102 have AI in the actual work.
Every posting gets a level from 1 to 4, based on how much of the day is spent on AI. AI Level 1: AI is not the work. AI Level 4: Build AI systems.
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15,163 of 70,927 live jobs have AI in the work · How we rate them
7,257 jobs · highest level first
AnthropicRemote · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY$320k-$485k2w
LangChainRemote · New York, NY$150k-$215k2w
LangChainRemote · Atlanta, GA$150k-$215k2w
LangChainRemote · San Francisco, CA$150k-$215k2w
AmazonUS, WA, Seattle$172k-$222k3w
MastercardO'Fallon, Missouri3w
CohereRemote · United StatesCAD 330k-CAD 400k3w
SmartsheetRemote · -REMOTE, USA-$175k-$245k3w
DuolingoPittsburgh, PA$204k-$306k3w
ElevenLabsRemote · United States3w
NVIDIAUS, CA, Santa Clara$224k-$357k3w
AmazonUS, WA, Seattle$165k-$224k3w
SnowflakeUS-CA-Menlo Park$236k-$339k3w
InstacartRemote · United States - Remote$230k-$243k3w
ApellaRemote · Remote$175k-$225k3w
Scale AISan Francisco, CA; New York, NY3w
CerebrasRemote · Sunnyvale, CA3w
AmazonUS, CA, Santa Clara$192k-$260k3w
NVIDIAUS, CA, Santa Clara$168k-$265k3w
KlaviyoPalo Alto, CA$196k-$294k3w
AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405k-$625k3w
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AI jobs report · September 2026
What AI jobs pay, measured every month.
- median pay, 32,298 US postings
- $150k–$208k
- of AI jobs are remote
- 21%
- have AI at the core (AI Level 3–4)
- 17%
Measured on 70,915 live jobs. Read the full report by role, category and AI level.
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Are AI jobs in high demand?
What type of jobs are in AI?
Far more than engineering. Of 70,937 live AI-related jobs, 44,307 (62.5%) sit outside software engineering, data, and research, in other, sales, operations, and product among others. Every posting is read for how much of the daily work is AI, then rated AI Level 1 to 4. Measured September 2026.
What are the highest paying AI jobs?
By median maximum salary, the best-paid categories are research ($252,000 on 751 USD postings), product ($235,620 on 1,717 USD postings), and legal ($234,682 on 348 USD postings). The market-wide median maximum is $207,800 across 32,316 live postings that publish a range. Measured September 2026.
What AI jobs can be done remotely?
Most of them. 15,070 of 70,937 live AI-related jobs (21.2%) are remote, read from the posting's own location field. The most remote categories are data annotation & ai training (93.8% of 32), education (66.7% of 120), and marketing (47.2% of 2,416). Measured September 2026.
What is the best AI job board?
No board publishes an independent audit, so compare by what each one actually measures. Level rates every one of its 70,937 live postings AI Level 1 to 4, by how central AI is to the role, across 544 employers and 18 categories. Check coverage, rating method, and update frequency before trusting any ranking. Measured September 2026.
What are jobs that use AI?
Any role that requires an AI tool to do the work, which Level marks AI Level 2 or higher. Of 70,937 live AI-related jobs, 15,186 sit at AI Level 2, 3, or 4, against 55,751 AI Level 1 postings, where AI is not part of the work. Measured September 2026.



































