As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $160,000 a year, measured on the 488 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$160k-$210kUnited StatesRemote4mo
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Prompt engineering jobs: 1,500+ open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name prompt engineering in the job title or description. Each one is rated from Little AI to Builds AI for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 1,500+
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 1,100+
- remote
- 392
Median starting salary: $160,000.
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$100k-$250kLondon5mo
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£150k-£315kLondon5mo
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$168k-$227kUS, WA, Seattle5mo
bedrocksagemaker
$140k-$210kBoston, MA5mo
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$105k-$175kRaleigh, NC6mo
chatgptpythonmachine-learning-frameworks
$191k-$223kUSARemote7mo
pytorchtensorflow
Warszawa7mo
langchainlanggraphsemantic-kernel
$168k-$227kUS, CO, Denver5d
$222k-$305kSan Francisco-HQRemote6mo
$168k-$227kUS, CO, Denver5d
$193k-$262kUS, MA, Boston1w
$200k-$275kUnited StatesRemote7mo
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$200k-$275kUnited StatesRemote8mo
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$200k-$270kUnited StatesRemote9mo
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$168k-$227kUS, VA, Arlington2w
$168k-$227kUS, VA, Arlington2w
$165k-$224kUS, MA, Boston3d
aws
$190k-$285kUSA, CA, Pleasanton1w
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Bengaluru, India2w
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AI level of Prompt engineering jobs
- ●●●● Builds AI528 (34%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI642 (41%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI157 (10%)
- ●○○○ Little AI238 (15%)
Companies hiring for Prompt engineering
Prompt engineering jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Prompt engineering jobs pay?
How much AI work do Prompt engineering jobs involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 1,500+ live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 528 (34%); Works on AI ●●●○: 642 (41%); Uses AI ●●○○: 157 (10%); Little AI ●○○○: 238 (15%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for Prompt engineering jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Amazon (168), Salesforce (136), Sierra (61), Cloudflare (56), Celonis (48).
Where are Prompt engineering jobs located?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (117), Bengaluru (112), London (89), New York (78), Singapore (58).
Which skills come up most in Prompt engineering jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (1,000+), Python (994), AI agents (839), RAG (819), Generative AI (660).
Which roles are open in Prompt engineering jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (227), Forward deployed engineer (138), AI engineer (128), Data scientist (70), AI consultant (50).
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.