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THE AI PULSE
RAG appears in 74.3% of 1,737 AI job postings this week.
Week of March 30, 2026 · 1,737 active roles · 77.9% salary disclosure
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Active AI Roles
1,737
─ 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 1,290 mentions (74.3% of all jobs).
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| Skill |
Mentions |
vs Last |
| RAG |
1,290 (74.3%) |
─ flat |
| Python |
1,220 (70.2%) |
─ flat |
| AWS |
1,024 (59.0%) |
─ flat |
| Rust |
763 (43.9%) |
─ flat |
| AI Agents |
565 (32.5%) |
─ flat |
| Azure |
502 (28.9%) |
─ flat |
| GCP |
408 (23.5%) |
─ flat |
| Prompt Engineering |
365 (21.0%) |
─ flat |
| PyTorch |
352 (20.3%) |
─ flat |
| Fine-tuning |
342 (19.7%) |
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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 1,290 mentions (74.3% 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 1,220 mentions (70.2% of jobs)
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