AI Hiring Index
Who is hiring, for what, and how fast, across 277 AI labs, startups and infrastructure companies. Computed from their own careers feeds, updated every 6 hours. Week of 2026-09-29.
Table view
| week | new roles |
|---|---|
| Sep 07 | 808 |
| Sep 14 | 886 |
| Sep 21 | 1,000 |
| Sep 28 | 160 |
Salary index
Posted base-salary ranges, USD only, midpoint medians. 9,204 of 14,972 open roles list a range (61%).
| Function | Roles | Median low | Median high | Median midpoint | 90th pct high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data | 200 | $190k | $260k | $226k | $385k |
| Engineering | 2567 | $183k | $261k | $226k | $400k |
| Go-to-market | 1190 | $170k | $225k | $200k | $320k |
| Infrastructure | 1515 | $180k | $253k | $219k | $400k |
| Operations | 1510 | $159k | $206k | $180k | $310k |
| Other | 147 | $187k | $250k | $218k | $385k |
| Product & Design | 481 | $180k | $257k | $224k | $370k |
| Research | 566 | $200k | $320k | $265k | $500k |
| Level | Roles | Median low | Median high | Median midpoint | 90th pct high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New grad | 52 | $142k | $155k | $150k | $230k |
| Unspecified | 3647 | $170k | $248k | $210k | $400k |
| Senior | 1809 | $176k | $235k | $205k | $315k |
| Staff+ | 1125 | $204k | $282k | $244k | $408k |
| Lead / Manager | 1540 | $195k | $254k | $226k | $385k |
Salary medians for every company, every function-by-level segment, and the 25 highest posted ranges are in AI Hiring Index Pro.
Hiring velocity
New roles in the last 7 days against each company's prior 4-week weekly average.
| Company | New (7d) | Prior weekly avg | Open | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield AI | 75 | 50.0 | 589 | steady |
| OpenAI | 64 | 67.8 | 838 | steady |
| Anthropic | 36 | 45.8 | 627 | steady |
| Crusoe | 35 | 31.0 | 349 | steady |
| CoreWeave | 26 | 20.2 | 307 | steady |
| Databricks | 21 | 45.5 | 869 | slowing |
| Harvey | 21 | 25.8 | 293 | steady |
| Waymo | 20 | 22.8 | 357 | steady |
| Legora | 19 | 21.2 | 273 | steady |
| Commure | 15 | 6.2 | 82 | accelerating |
230 more companies in AI Hiring Index Pro.
Leadership openings 47
Head of, Director, VP and C-level roles opened this week. Each one is a team being built or a seat being backfilled.
| Company | Role | Function | Posted range | Location | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | Regional Director, Forward Deployed Engineering - India | Engineering | – | Bengaluru; New Delhi; Mumbai | 2026-09-28 |
| Epirus | Director of Systems Engineering | Engineering | $248k–276k | Torrance, California, United States | 2026-09-25 |
| Dust | Global Head of Solutions Engineering | Engineering | $275k–350k | New York | 2026-09-24 |
| Fluidstack | Director of Manufacturing | Infrastructure | $320k–386k | Phoenix, AZ | 2026-09-24 |
| CoreWeave | Director, Design Management | Infrastructure | $198k–264k | Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA | 2026-09-24 |
42 more leadership openings in AI Hiring Index Pro.
Geographic expansion 2
First opening in a region since tracking began on 2026-09-09 (5 daily snapshots so far; a first in 90 days once the history is that old). Companies with 10 or more live roles only.
| Company | Region | First role | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enveda | US | Clinical Development Director | Remote, United States |
| AirOps | UK & Ireland | Sales Development Representative - EMEA | London, UK |
New functions 8
First opening in a function since tracking began on 2026-09-09 (5 daily snapshots so far; a first in 90 days once the history is that old). A lab's first sales hire, an app company's first infra hire.
| Company | Function | First role | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennr | Data | Data Engineer | 2026-09-28 |
| Enveda | Operations | Technician, Histopathology | 2026-09-28 |
Contraction 2
Companies closing roles faster than they open them, or with many open roles and nothing new in 30 days.
| Company | Open | New 7d | Closed 7d | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma | 26 | 0 | 0 | no new postings in 30 days |
| Simular | 22 | 0 | 0 | no new postings in 30 days |
Signals are computed from public job postings and describe hiring activity only. They are not investment, employment or legal advice. Method: roles are pulled from Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby public APIs; "new" uses each posting's own published date; velocity compares the last 7 days to the prior 4-week weekly average; expansions and new functions are the first posting in a region or function since tracking began, looking back 90 days once the archive is that old. Cite as AI Hiring Index with a link.