

Those jobs pay very, very well. ZipRecruiter shows annual salaries as high as $304,500 for AI engineers, with an average of $164,769. There are also AI job openings for researchers, human resources workers, and managers. The job search site ZipRecruiter shows 48,955 artificial intelligence engineer jobs currently listed in the US.

That puts the industry at $258 billion in 2024.Īll that spending fuels an equally explosive jobs market. The analyst firm PitchBook estimates spending on AI software and hardware will reach $138 billion this year, and grow at a rate of 23% in the next three years. A combination of new technology and expanding adoption are sparking meteoric growth.
