The median starting salary is $137,700 a year, measured on the 12 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
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Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago: 14 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name prompt engineering in the job title or description, located in Chicago, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 14
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 8
- remote
- 4
- median starting salary
- $137,700
$132k-$182kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Toronto, Ontario, Canada1mo
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$130k-$153kChicago, US, Illinois1mo
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$143k-$217kIllinois - Chicago3w
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$202k-$277kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC3mo
$99k-$273kIllinois - Chicago3w
tableau
$116k-$174kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Toronto, Ontario, Canada4mo
databricks
$220k-$275kBoston, MA; Chicago, Illinois, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, Washington, United StatesRemote1mo
AI level of Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago
- AI Level 41 (7%)
- AI Level 37 (50%)
- AI Level 21 (7%)
- AI Level 15 (36%)
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Common questions
How much do Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago pay?
How much AI work do Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago involve?
Of the 14 live postings: AI Level 4: 1 (7%); AI Level 3: 7 (50%); AI Level 2: 1 (7%); AI Level 1: 5 (36%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago?
By number of live postings: Okta (4), Salesforce (4), Celonis (1), Later (1), Robinhood (1). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have Prompt engineering jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (119), New York (74), Seattle (40), Bellevue (20), Boston (13). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: AI agents (9), LLM (8), Machine learning (6), Python (6), Generative AI (5). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (2), AI engineer (1). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Prompt engineering in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.