AI Job Alert: Prompt Engineer Pays Most, But is it Hot?
Prompt engineer is the highest-paying AI job with an average annual salary of $300,000, but it ranks only 6th on the list of the most in-demand AI careers based on the number of available positions.
Summary
- Prompt engineering is the highest-paying AI specialty with an average salary of $300,000 but with only around 2,000 openings.
- AI research scientist is the most in-demand AI job with almost 18,000 positions available on Glassdoor, followed by machine learning engineer (6,800 openings) and AI engineer (4,300 openings).
- The high salary is a major factor attracting people to prompt engineering careers, with an estimated 45,000 interested applicants.
- Big data engineer offers a high salary ($180,000) but receives less interest (only 2,000 people searching online).
- Human integration specialist role pays less ($91,000) and has the lowest applicant interest (around 400).
- API integration expert is the least well-paid position ($80,000) but is also listed as “in-demand and underappreciated” with very few applicants (around 20).