The median starting salary is $151,200 a year, measured on the 2,967 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$129kUS, CA, Cupertino2d
pytorchtensorflowjax+1
Java jobs: 7,256 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Java 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
- 7,256
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 1,637
- remote
- 1,043
- median starting salary
- $151,200
Bengaluru Millenia2d
claudelangchainlanggraph
$144k-$194kUS, WA, Seattle3d
llmsdistributed-systems
$143k-$193kUS, WA, Seattle3d
pythonmachine-learningllms
CAD 149k-CAD 249kCA, BC, Vancouver3d
pytorchtensorflowpython+2
$144k-$194kUS, WA, Seattle3d
bedrockecsdynamodb+1
RO, Bucharest3d
nlplarge-language-modelsmulti-modal-models
$184k-$249kUS, NY, New York3d
tensorflowscikit-learn
$143k-$193kUS, WA, Seattle4d
pytorchpythondeep-learning+1
$184k-$249kUS, NY, New York4d
tensorflowscikit-learnmachine-learning+2
$172k-$223kUS, NY, New York4d
pythonmachine-learningdeep-learning
$320k-$360kNew York, NY4d
hugging-facepytorchtensorflow+1
$202k-$274kUS, NY, New York5d
pytorchjax
$172k-$222kUS, CA, Palo Alto5d
pytorchjavac+1
$144k-$194kUS, WA, Bellevue5d
pytorchtensorflowcuda+2
$144k-$194kUS, WA, Seattle1w
aws-neuroninferentiatrainium
AI level of Java jobs
- AI Level 4982 (14%)
- AI Level 3655 (9%)
- AI Level 2391 (5%)
- AI Level 15,228 (72%)
Companies hiring for Java
Java jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Java jobs pay?
How much AI work do Java jobs involve?
Of the 7,256 live postings: AI Level 4: 982 (14%); AI Level 3: 655 (9%); AI Level 2: 391 (5%); AI Level 1: 5,228 (72%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Java jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (2,280), Capital One (529), Salesforce (191), Mastercard (188), Databricks (166). Counted September 2026.
Where are Java jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Seattle (682), Bengaluru (468), New York (376), San Francisco (271), Toronto (243). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Java jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (4,611), AWS (3,503), C++ (2,905), C# (2,054), Kubernetes (1,870). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Java jobs?
By number of live postings: Applied scientist (419), Solutions architect (193), Data engineer (155), AI engineer (129), Forward deployed engineer (104). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Java in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.