AI Job Radar: AI Talent Market Snapshot

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Data on AI Job Growth

AI is rewriting the job market at warp speed. When AI roles are hiring, budgets move, strategies are shifting, and the market follows.

Lets dive in to whats happening

Macro Trends & Hiring Signals

• In Q1 2025, the U.S. saw 35,445 AI-related job listings, marking a 25.2% year-over-year increase and an 8.8% rise from the prior quarter. The median AI job salary climbed to $156,998. (source)

• In Q2 2025, the median advertised salary for AI roles surged further to $165,006, far exceeding the $129,698 median for non-AI IT roles. (jobboarddoctor.com)

• AI fluency is becoming mandatory across disciplines. Autdodesk reports AI mentions in job listings up 56.1% in 2025, following explosive prior-year growth (114.8% in 2023, 120.6% in 2024).

War for AI Talent: Dollars, Disruption & Drama

• Meta is spending big. Some top AI researchers have received offers rumored to be as high as $1.5B over multi-years, with annual comp packages north of $300M. (source)

• DeepMind’s CEO says it’s Meta scrambling to catch up in the AI race (source)

• Microsoft isn’t sitting still. Targeting Meta’s top engineers with multimillion-dollar PE deals, $400K base salaries, $3M+ in stock, and close to 90% bonuses. (source)

• A CloudZero survey found 35% of companies cite salary demands as the biggest barrier to filling AI roles; average AI salaries now exceed $100K–$200K, with 89% of firms redrawing job classifications to include AI (source)

Sector & Regional Insights

• Share of AI-related job postings in the U.S. surged in high-demand states: CA (~27%), NY (~16%), TX (~6%), with remote accounting for ~18% of roles (source)

• AI roles in healthcare jumped ~40%, while in retail they rose ~35% since 2020 (source)

• Listings with AI skills offer ~28% higher salaries than similar roles without those skills (source)

• Mentions of “AI” in general job listings increased 114.8% in 2023, 120.6% in 2024, and 56.1% in early 2025 (source)

• New AI Jobs, US Total 23,351:

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