The demand for candidates with skills in generative artificial intelligence has skyrocketed in just the past year. Only 519 job postings mentioned generative AI in 2022, compared to 10,113 through mid-October, an 1,848% increase, according to a report by labor analytics firm Lightcast. There were more than 385,000 job listings that mentioned any kind of artificial intelligence this year.
Demand for AI skills also is driving up salaries for workers in those fields. The average salary for an AI engineer climbed 12% in the last quarter alone, according to an analysis by tech salaries tracker Comprehensive.io. That puts the average salary for AI engineers around $188,000, 21% higher than non-AI software engineers, the organization said.
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