As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $130,000 a year, measured on the 11 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago: 12 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name prompt engineering in the job title or description, located in Chicago, United States. Each one is rated from Little AI to Builds AI for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 12
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 6
- remote
- 5
Median starting salary: $130,000.
$125k-$165kChicago - 155 WackerRemote2mo
$69k-$76kIllinois - Chicago3d
chatgptopenaiclaude+3
$130k-$153kChicago, US, IllinoisRemote3mo
openaiclaudecopilot+7
$152k-$210kChicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA1mo
$123k-$186kIllinois - ChicagoRemote1mo
salesforce-health-cloud
$99k-$273kIllinois - Chicago2mo
tableau
$140k-$165kChicago, IL; Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY4d
$220k-$275kBoston, MA; Chicago, Illinois, United States; Los Angeles, California, United States; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Vancouver, Washington, United StatesRemote2mo
AI level of Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago
- ●●●● Builds AI1 (8%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI5 (42%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI1 (8%)
- ●○○○ Little AI5 (42%)
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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?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 12 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 1 (8%); Works on AI ●●●○: 5 (42%); Uses AI ●●○○: 1 (8%); Little AI ●○○○: 5 (42%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Salesforce (3), Robinhood (2), Celonis (1), Chime (1), Later (1).
Which other cities have Prompt engineering jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (117), New York (78), Seattle (31), Austin (18), Bellevue (15).
Which skills come up most in Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: AI agents (6), LLM (6), Python (5), AWS (2), Generative AI (2).
Which roles are open in Prompt engineering jobs in Chicago?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Solutions architect (2), AI engineer (1), Customer service (1), Marketing (1).
A posting counts when it names Prompt engineering in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.