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The State of AI Hiring
Kairos tracks 49,249 active AI roles across 743 companies, with 1,762 new this week. Python is the most in-demand skill (27% of roles); median Software Engineer pay is about $238,500; about 68% of dated postings show ghost-job signals; 68 recent company moves are on the board.
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Market
Live insights49,249
Active roles
743
Companies hiring
1,762
New this week
4,184
AI Labs roles
AI hiring concentrates from March to June, when annual headcount budgets open. The second half of the year is structurally thinner, and the entry-level share has fallen from roughly 3-in-10 hires in 2023 to about 1-in-10 in 2025.
In-demand skills
Full breakdownPay by role
Full breakdown| Software Engineer | $238,500 | 1,243 listings |
| Infrastructure / DevOps | $240,000 | 456 listings |
| Research | $265,000 | 455 listings |
| Product | $230,000 | 424 listings |
| Robotics / Embedded | $185,000 | 378 listings |
| ML / AI | $229,500 | 329 listings |
Median annual pay (USD), disclosed listings only.
Ghost jobs
Full breakdown68%of 46,126 dated listings look like ghost jobs
- greenhouse75%
- lever73%
- workday68%
Company moves
Full breakdown- NVIDIANew partnership· 11 hours ago
- AnthropicRecently launched· 11 hours ago
- AnthropicNew partnership· 13 hours ago
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Frequently asked
- How many AI jobs are open right now?
- 49,249 active AI roles across 743 companies, with 1,762 posted in the last week.
- What AI skills are most in demand?
- The top skills are Python, Machine Learning, Agentic AI, LLMs, GPU, ranked by how many live roles request them.
- What do AI jobs pay?
- Median Software Engineer pay is about $238,500 per year, from disclosed salaries on live listings.
- How fresh is this data?
- It reflects live job listings and updates continuously as roles are posted and closed. Each section links to the full tool.