Top 10 “AI-Powered” Jobs In-Demand
Interest in AI-proof careers remains high, but another job market shift is gaining momentum: AI-powered jobs, or roles where AI skills can make workers more valuable and less vulnerable in their careers.
According to recent reports, the majority of workers (79%) already use AI tools at work or are interested in adopting it, and 77% say AI helps them do their work better.
To help workers better navigate the emerging AI roles in today’s job market, Sonara has released the top 10 in-demand AI-powered jobs. Drawing on AI adoption trends and employment data from Sonara’s database over the past year, the following list of jobs also includes key skills and the average salary from Payscale.
1. AI Engineer
- Average salary: $125,046
- Key technical skills/tools: PyTorch, OpenAI, Hugging Face
2. Business Intelligence Analyst
- Average salary: $79,439
- Key technical skills/tools: Tableau Pulse, Microsoft Power BI
3. Data Architect
- Average salary: $135,121
- Key technical skills/tools: Pinecone, Weaviate, Snowflake
4. Data Scientist
- Average salary: $103,141
- Key technical skills/tools: Databricks, MLflow, Google Vertex AI
5. Program Manager
- Average salary: $91,000
- Key technical skills/tools: Asana Intelligence, Monday.com
6. SEO Specialist
- Average salary: $58,602
- Key technical skills/tools: Semrush, Jasper, LLMClicks
7. Software Engineer
- Average salary: $97,586
- Key technical skills/tools: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Bolt
8. Solutions Architect
- Average salary: $134,373
- Key technical skills/tools: Amazon Bedrock, Terraform, LangChain
9. Technical Product Manager
- Average salary: $125,541
- Key technical skills/tools: Productboard, Dovetail, Jira Product Discovery
10. UX Designer
- Average salary: $83,124
- Key technical skills/tools: Figma AI, Adobe Firefly
