The median starting salary is $139,000 a year, measured on the 4,021 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
SQL jobs: 10,193 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name SQL 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
- 10,193
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 1,718
- remote
- 1,825
- median starting salary
- $139,000
$238k-$302kMountain View, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA9mo
New York, NY13mo
langchainhugging-facepytorch
Bengaluru, Karnātaka, India2mo
openaibedrockvertex-ai+5
$131k-$178kUS, VA, Arlington4mo
langchainllamaindexlanggraph+4
$136k-$184kUS, WA, Bellevue4mo
sagemaker
$207k-$219kUnited States - RemoteRemote5mo
tensorflowscikit-learnkeras+1
$281k-$356kMountain View, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; New York City, New York, United States.9mo
$135k-$220kLos Angeles, CA5h ago
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn
Bangalore, INDIARemote1d
langchainlanggraphbedrock+5
AI level of SQL jobs
- AI Level 4588 (6%)
- AI Level 31,130 (11%)
- AI Level 2691 (7%)
- AI Level 17,784 (76%)
Companies hiring for SQL
SQL jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do SQL jobs pay?
How much AI work do SQL jobs involve?
Of the 10,193 live postings: AI Level 4: 588 (6%); AI Level 3: 1,130 (11%); AI Level 2: 691 (7%); AI Level 1: 7,784 (76%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for SQL jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (2,645), SpaceX (428), PwC (353), Capital One (348), Databricks (259). Counted September 2026.
Where are SQL jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (755), New York (695), Bengaluru (590), Seattle (479), Bellevue (307). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in SQL jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (5,306), AWS (2,692), Machine learning (1,741), Java (1,665), Azure (1,517). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in SQL jobs?
By number of live postings: Data scientist (517), Data engineer (465), Solutions architect (219), AI engineer (100), Machine learning engineer (72). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names SQL in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.