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The State of AI Hiring
Kairos tracks 38,288 active AI roles across 742 companies, with 1,892 new this week. Python is the most in-demand skill (27% of roles); median Software Engineer pay is about $237,500; about 57% of dated postings show ghost-job signals; 38 recent company moves are on the board.
Updated 13 min ago.
Market
Live insights38,288
Active roles
742
Companies hiring
1,892
New this week
3,095
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 | $237,500 | 1,021 listings |
| Research | $275,000 | 375 listings |
| Infrastructure / DevOps | $237,500 | 362 listings |
| Product | $230,000 | 334 listings |
| Robotics / Embedded | $185,000 | 302 listings |
| ML / AI | $225,000 | 279 listings |
Median annual pay (USD), disclosed listings only.
Ghost jobs
Full breakdown57%of 34,903 dated listings look like ghost jobs
- greenhouse71%
- gem68%
- lever64%
Company moves
Full breakdown- OpenAIRecently launched· 4 hours ago
- AnthropicRecently launched· 7 hours ago
- NVIDIAAcquisition activity· 11 hours ago
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Frequently asked
- How many AI jobs are open right now?
- 38,288 active AI roles across 742 companies, with 1,892 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 $237,500 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.