The median starting salary is $160,000 a year, measured on the 443 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Prompt engineering jobs: 1,228 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name prompt engineering 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
- 1,228
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 865
- remote
- 286
- median starting salary
- $160,000
$29/hrNew York, New York, United States of America1w
Argentina - Buenos AiresRemote1w
databricksdata-cloudagentforce+1
$99k-$273kIllinois - Chicago3w
tableau
$198k-$264kNew York, New York, USARemote1mo
chatgptclaudegong
$197k-$314kCalifornia - San Francisco1mo
claudecursortableau+1
Bengaluru, Maruthi Onyx - TESCO TSA2mo
langchainlanggraphbedrock+1
$116k-$174kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; Toronto, Ontario, Canada4mo
databricks
AI level of Prompt engineering jobs
- AI Level 4329 (27%)
- AI Level 3536 (44%)
- AI Level 2130 (11%)
- AI Level 1233 (19%)
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?
Of the 1,228 live postings: AI Level 4: 329 (27%); AI Level 3: 536 (44%); AI Level 2: 130 (11%); AI Level 1: 233 (19%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Prompt engineering jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (165), Salesforce (154), Cloudflare (58), Sierra (54), PwC (52). Counted September 2026.
Where are Prompt engineering jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (121), Bengaluru (104), New York (75), London (53), Seattle (40). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Prompt engineering jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (926), AI agents (733), Python (722), RAG (622), Generative AI (499). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Prompt engineering jobs?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (106), Forward deployed engineer (100), Solutions architect (63), AI consultant (41), Data scientist (26). 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.