Archive · 24 Sep 2026
AI Build-Out Drives High-Paying Jobs Amid Employment Debate
Companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, or AI.
This investment is creating many new jobs in the United States.
LinkedIn estimates that more than 750,000 AI-related jobs were created from 2023 through 2026 so far.
These jobs usually pay much more than the average job listed on LinkedIn.
The typical AI-related job pays about $180,000 a year.
The typical salary for all listed jobs is about $80,000.
Economists are still debating whether AI is also taking away jobs from office workers.
Kory Kantenga said AI-related work is a strong part of a generally weak job market.
Economists disagree over whether AI is significantly reducing white-collar employment.
LinkedIn estimates that AI helped create more than 750,000 U.S. jobs from 2023 through 2026 to date.
AI-related job listings on LinkedIn have a median salary of about $180,000.
The median salary across all LinkedIn job listings is about $80,000.
Kory Kantenga called AI one of the strongest areas in a generally slow labor market.
- Who
- U.S. workers, employers investing in AI, economists, LinkedIn, and Kory Kantenga.
- What
- The AI build-out is creating high-paying jobs while economists debate its effects on white-collar employment.
- When
- From 2023 through 2026 to date, according to LinkedIn estimates.
- Where
- The United States.
- Why
- Investment in AI is increasing demand for workers with AI-related skills.
- AI-related jobs
- More than 750,000 new U.S. jobs from 2023 through 2026 to date, according to LinkedIn estimates.
- Median AI salary
- Approximately $180,000.
- Median salary for all jobs
- Approximately $80,000.
- Employment debate
- Economists are divided over whether AI is meaningfully hurting white-collar employment.
- Labor-market condition
- AI-related employment is described as a robust area of a very slow labor market.
- Source
- LinkedIn estimates and comments from Kory Kantenga, LinkedIn's head of economics for the Americas.