{"name":"AI Jobs Statistics 2026: Demand, Salaries & Displacement","description":"AI jobs statistics for 2026: which roles are growing, average salaries, displacement risk, and remote-vs-onsite trends.","url":"https://aiunderstanding.org/stats/ai-jobs-statistics-2026","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","updatedAt":"2026-05-01","stats":[{"fact":"AI-related job postings grew 21% year-over-year in 2025.","context":"Outpacing total tech-job growth (-2%) by a wide margin.","source":"LinkedIn Economic Graph","sourceUrl":"https://economicgraph.linkedin.com","asOf":"2025-11-01"},{"fact":"Median US salary for an AI engineer is $213,000.","context":"Frontier-lab senior roles exceed $1M total comp including equity.","source":"Levels.fyi","sourceUrl":"https://www.levels.fyi","asOf":"2026-01-01"},{"fact":"AI-product manager openings tripled year-over-year.","context":"The role is the second-fastest-growing AI title after AI engineer.","source":"LinkedIn","sourceUrl":"https://www.linkedin.com","asOf":"2025-12-01"},{"fact":"An estimated 14% of workers have already had to change occupation due to automation.","context":"Highest in admin, customer support, and entry-level content roles.","source":"OECD Employment Outlook","sourceUrl":"https://www.oecd.org","asOf":"2025-07-01"},{"fact":"AI workers earn ~77% more on average than non-AI workers in the same industry.","context":"The premium is largest in finance, healthcare, and legal.","source":"PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer","sourceUrl":"https://www.pwc.com","asOf":"2025-05-01"},{"fact":"62% of AI-engineering roles offer remote or hybrid work.","context":"Higher than the tech-industry average of 41%.","source":"Hired State of Software Engineers","sourceUrl":"https://hired.com","asOf":"2025-09-01"},{"fact":"AI safety and policy roles are the fastest-growing AI subfield in 2025.","context":"Driven by regulator pressure and frontier-lab staffing-up of trust & safety teams.","source":"AI Index Report — Stanford HAI","sourceUrl":"https://aiindex.stanford.edu","asOf":"2025-04-15"},{"fact":"55% of executives plan to hire prompt engineers in the next 12 months.","context":"The role remains controversial — some companies bundle it into product or content roles.","source":"Gartner","sourceUrl":"https://www.gartner.com","asOf":"2025-08-01"}]}