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THE AI PULSE
RAG appears in 74.5% of 1,969 AI job postings this week.
Week of March 16, 2026 · 1,969 active roles · 77.9% salary disclosure
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Active AI Roles
1,969
─ flat vs last week
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Median Salary
$212K
─ flat vs last week
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Skills in Demand
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RAG leads with 1,466 mentions (74.5% of all jobs).
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| Skill |
Mentions |
vs Last |
| RAG |
1,466 (74.5%) |
─ flat |
| Python |
1,281 (65.1%) |
─ flat |
| AWS |
1,123 (57.0%) |
─ flat |
| Rust |
844 (42.9%) |
─ flat |
| AI Agents |
622 (31.6%) |
─ flat |
| Azure |
524 (26.6%) |
─ flat |
| GCP |
430 (21.8%) |
─ flat |
| Prompt Engineering |
380 (19.3%) |
─ flat |
| PyTorch |
360 (18.3%) |
─ flat |
| Fine-tuning |
347 (17.6%) |
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Salary Snapshot
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Highest paid: Research Engineer at $260,000 median (254 roles).
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| Role |
Median |
vs Last |
Roles |
| AI/ML Engineer |
$201,200 |
─ flat |
296 |
| Data Scientist |
$215,300 |
─ flat |
82 |
| Product Manager |
$190,000 |
─ flat |
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Top Hiring Metros
| Metro |
Roles |
Median |
| San Francisco |
696 |
$235K |
| New York |
528 |
$223K |
| Seattle |
361 |
$232K |
| Remote |
381 |
$176K |
| Los Angeles |
372 |
$211K |
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The Bottom Line
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● RAG leads with 1,466 mentions (74.5% of jobs)
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● Research Engineer tops the salary chart at $260,000 median
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● Remote AI roles (1,156) pay 17% less than onsite
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● 77.9% of AI job postings disclose salary ranges
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● Python is #2 at 1,281 mentions (65.1% of jobs)
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