AI engineering market stats

Updated Jul 31, 2026 · refreshed nightly

2008open roles
410companies hiring
$221kmedian salary
13%fully remote
47%publish pay
218posted this week

Top-paying companies

By median salary midpoint · 3+ priced roles

  1. 1 Inflection AI $475k
  2. 2 Anthropic $445k
  3. 3 OpenAI $339k
  4. 4 Wayve $324k
  5. 5 Mercor $315k

Most open positions

Companies hiring the most right now

  1. 1 OpenAI 70
  2. 2 Anduril 67
  3. 3 Databricks 53
  4. 4 ServiceNow 45
  5. 5 Adobe 28

Where the work happens

Remote · 13% (271) Hybrid · 16% (318) On-site · 71% (1419)

Most-wanted skills

Open roles naming each skill

Best-paid skills

Median salary of roles asking for it · 5+ priced roles

Seniority mix

Top locations