The median starting salary is $169,900 a year, measured on the 684 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
RAG jobs: 1,932 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name RAG 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
- 1,932
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 1,497
- remote
- 448
- median starting salary
- $169,900
$206k-$252kSan Francisco, California, United States3mo
$78k-$121kJacksonville, 5201 Gate ParkwayRemote1d
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$152k-$222kRichardson, Texas, US2w
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$154k-$208kUS, TX, Virtual Location - Texas3w
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$140k-$250kNew York, New York, United States of America1mo
AI level of RAG jobs
- AI Level 4747 (39%)
- AI Level 3750 (39%)
- AI Level 2117 (6%)
- AI Level 1318 (16%)
Companies hiring for RAG
RAG jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do RAG jobs pay?
How much AI work do RAG jobs involve?
Of the 1,932 live postings: AI Level 4: 747 (39%); AI Level 3: 750 (39%); AI Level 2: 117 (6%); AI Level 1: 318 (16%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for RAG jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (258), NVIDIA (92), PwC (80), Salesforce (63), Cloudflare (60). Counted September 2026.
Where are RAG jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Bengaluru (132), San Francisco (131), New York (101), London (72), Toronto (51). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in RAG jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (1,505), Python (1,175), AI agents (994), Generative AI (892), AWS (811). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in RAG jobs?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (208), Solutions architect (170), Forward deployed engineer (105), Machine learning engineer (74), Data scientist (67). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names RAG in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.