The median starting salary is $160,400 a year, measured on the 2,978 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Generative AI jobs: 6,836 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Generative AI in the job title or description. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 6,836
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 2,994
- remote
- 1,346
- median starting salary
- $160,400
$143k-$193kUS, WA, Bellevue4w
pytorchxgboost
McLean, VA4w
llamaindexlanggraphhugging-face+2
$224k-$357kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
openailangchainllamaindex+5
$158k-$214kUS, NY, New York1mo
IN - Bengaluru, India1mo
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn
$220k-$300kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)1mo
kafkakubernetespython
CAD 104k-CAD 114kToronto, Ontario, Canada1mo
pythonsqlmlflow+1
$295k-$406kRemote - US; San Francisco, CARemote1mo
chatgptclaudepytorch+6
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1mo
qnxlinuxc+3
Cambridge, MA1mo
alphafoldpythonmachine-learning
Tel Aviv District, Israel1mo
langchainlanggraphcrewai+1
CAD 170k-CAD 220kCanada, Toronto1mo
pytorchjax
AI level of Generative AI jobs
- AI Level 41,320 (19%)
- AI Level 31,674 (24%)
- AI Level 2481 (7%)
- AI Level 13,361 (49%)
Companies hiring for Generative AI
Generative AI jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Generative AI jobs pay?
How much AI work do Generative AI jobs involve?
Of the 6,836 live postings: AI Level 4: 1,320 (19%); AI Level 3: 1,674 (24%); AI Level 2: 481 (7%); AI Level 1: 3,361 (49%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Generative AI jobs?
Where are Generative AI jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (540), Seattle (503), San Francisco (479), Bengaluru (386), London (298). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Generative AI jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: AWS (2,507), Python (2,353), LLM (2,129), Machine learning (2,051), SQL (1,219). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Generative AI jobs?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (389), AI engineer (222), Applied scientist (193), Data scientist (173), AI product manager (155). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Generative AI in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.