Is it hard to be an AI engineer?

The postings set a high bar. Of 621 live AI engineer roles, 270 mention a degree, and across the catalog 53,958 postings are tagged senior against 8,630 junior. The tools named most are Python, Aws, and Excel, out of 13,131 tracked. Measured October 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, October 2026. Each posting is read for how much of the daily work is AI, then rated from Little AI to Builds AI. 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.