What are the highest paying AI jobs?

By median maximum salary, the best-paid categories are research ($350,000 on 220 USD postings), legal ($265,000 on 165 USD postings), and product ($260,004 on 669 USD postings). The market-wide median maximum is $240,000 across 10,606 live postings that publish a range. Measured September 2026.

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How this number is measured

Every figure above is computed from the live postings on Level at the time of measurement, September 2026. Each posting is read for the AI tools and tasks it names, then rated Level 1 to 4. Salaries use the posting's own range, in US dollars only. Numbers are recomputed monthly and the page is updated when they move by more than 10 percent.