Having AI skills is beneficial. On average, it costs around $20,000 a year.
We've seen LightCast, the Job Insight website, analyzed billions of job postings and found that employers were not only looking for workers with AI skills, but also paying more.
“Recruitment is increasingly emphasizing AI skills, and there is a signal that employers are willing to pay them a premium salary,” said Elena Magrini, Head of Global Research at Lightcast. CNBC.
Related: Google reportedly told staff they would use AI More or risk delaying.
The survey found that jobs seeking AI skills paid 28% or about $18,000 over jobs that didn't require AI. Jobs that required two or more AI skills were paid 43% more.
The most distinction in wages between workers with and without AI skills was in the areas of customer support, sales and manufacturing.
According to Lightcast, there are over 300 AI skills, from generator AI to AI ethics to autonomous driving and robotics. However, the most common AI skills employers were the two most mainstream ChatGpt or Microsoft Copilot.
With an astonishing twist, the non-technical sector demanded more AI skills than the technical sector, according to a Lightcast report. The demand for generation AI skills has increased by 800% in non-technical roles since CHATGPT was launched in November 2022.
Related: According to a new report, these three occupations are most likely to disappear in the next 20 years because of AI.
Recent reports from Wall Street Journal It was found that entry-level university graduates receive 6- or 7-figure salaries immediately in the school due to their AI proficiency. Data analytics firm Databricks is planning to hire a triple of recent graduates this year compared to last year because of the ability of these young workers to use AI, the company said. journal.
AI learning could boost workers' pay negotiations, but this technology could also replace entry-level employees. A Stanford University survey released last week found that A-Impacted jobs, such as software developers, customer service representatives and accountants, have reduced employment for workers aged 22-25 by 13% over the past three years.
“There is no doubt there's evidence that AI is beginning to have a big impact,” said Eric Brinjolfson, the first author of the study and professor of Stanford. axios About the report.
Having AI skills is beneficial. On average, it costs around $20,000 a year.
We've seen LightCast, the Job Insight website, analyzed billions of job postings and found that employers were not only looking for workers with AI skills, but also paying more.
“Recruitment is increasingly emphasizing AI skills, and there is a signal that employers are willing to pay them a premium salary,” said Elena Magrini, Head of Global Research at Lightcast. CNBC.
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