Predictions are risky, but I'm going to expose myself just for fun: My bet is that these salaries represent a bubble that won't last long. AI is the latest cool thing, right? These are correspondingly cool numbers, but I'm thinking the bubble will burst.
Soon? I dunno. What's "soon"? More than a year, probably. Maybe four or five years? But predictions, especially my predictions, are worth exactly what you're paying for them. See the collection of taglines: --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* By 2005 or so, it will be clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's. -Paul Krugman, Nobel-prize-winning economist in 1998 */ /* Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. -Popular Mechanics, forecasting in 1949 the relentless march of science */ /* The most important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are now so firmly established that the possibility of their ever being supplemented in consequence of new discoveries is exceedingly remote. -Abraham Albert Michelson in 1903 */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 17:07 AI Specialist Salary Last Updated on: August 14, 2023 The average AI specialist salary in the United States is $165,980 per year, or $79.80 per hour. Their monthly salary starts at $6,907 and goes up to $20,494 per month, or about $245,931 per year. The top-paying states for artificial intelligence specialists are California at $246,143 per year, Oregon at $201,305, and Washington at $193,768. The lowest-paying area is Georgia, with an average salary of $90,068 a year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN