The median starting salary is $175,875 a year, measured on the 3,517 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
€55k-€88kMadrid, Spain1w
langgraphdspypytorch+1
LLM jobs: 7,455 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name LLM 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
- 7,455
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 5,007
- remote
- 2,186
- median starting salary
- $175,875
$109k-$175kSpring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America1w
pytorchtensorflow
$203kUS - Cambridge Kendall SQ - MA1w
$191k-$230kHub - New YorkRemote1w
langchainlanggraphpytorch+5
$243k-$377k665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA1w
pytorchtensorflow
Paris, Paris, France1w
vertex-aiawsvector-search+2
$211k-$249kUS, RemoteRemote1w
bedrockvllmpython+3
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
langchainllamaindexpython+3
$136k-$184kUS, WA, Bellevue1w
pythonjavac+1
CAD 115k-CAD 192kCA, BC, Vancouver1w
pythonccompilers
$229k-$309kUS, WA, Seattle1w
bedrocklovable
$184k-$230kUS-California-San JoseRemote1w
llamalangchainllamaindex+10
$136k-$184kUS, WA, Bellevue1w
pythonjavac+1
$229k-$315kSan Francisco HQRemote2w
pytorchscikit-learnxgboost+3
$235k-$259kSan Francisco, California, United States2w
pythonllm-frameworks
$187k-$259kSan Francisco, CA, USA2w
bedrocksagemakeraws+3
$250k-$325kRemote, Canada; Remote, Poland; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, United StatesRemote2w
claudeclaude-codecodex
San Francisco, CARemote2w
pythondistributed-systems
AI level of LLM jobs
- AI Level 42,523 (34%)
- AI Level 32,484 (33%)
- AI Level 2463 (6%)
- AI Level 11,985 (27%)
Companies hiring for LLM
LLM jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do LLM jobs pay?
How much AI work do LLM jobs involve?
Of the 7,455 live postings: AI Level 4: 2,523 (34%); AI Level 3: 2,484 (33%); AI Level 2: 463 (6%); AI Level 1: 1,985 (27%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for LLM jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (964), NVIDIA (434), Salesforce (219), Anthropic (211), Capital One (146). Counted September 2026.
Where are LLM jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (1,115), New York (714), Seattle (401), Bengaluru (373), London (294). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in LLM jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (3,733), AI agents (2,454), Machine learning (2,221), Generative AI (2,128), AWS (2,041). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in LLM jobs?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (385), Forward deployed engineer (257), Machine learning engineer (239), Solutions architect (232), AI product manager (222). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names LLM in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.