AI jobs boom: 750,000+ new US roles since 2023, median salary ~$180,000
AccBalanced · x · 2026-10-05
Per LinkedIn estimates, AI-linked roles have added 750,000+ new US jobs since 2023 — led by 282,000 data annotators, 117,000 data center workers, and 105,000 AI engineers (504,000 across the three). Median AI pay is $180,000 vs $80,000 across all jobs. The poster reads it as a rebuttal to AI-doomer job predictions, with data center buildout driving labor demand.
Related event: US added over 750,000 AI-related jobs since 2023: LinkedIn(3 posts)→
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