Follow the postings. Applied AI tools are named far more often than ML frameworks: 297 live jobs cite ChatGPT and 989 Claude, against 514 for PyTorch and 180 for TensorFlow, out of 4,357 postings naming any tool. Machine learning engineer titles total 206. Measured September 2026.
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.
AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$300k-$385k