{"h1":"Job families with the biggest AI pay premium","faq":[{"a":"Sales has the biggest AI pay premium: roles that name AI skills advertise +70% more than similar roles that do not, after adjusting for level.","q":"Which job family ranks first: job families with the biggest ai pay premium?"},{"a":"12 job families have at least 30 openings naming AI, so the list has 12 entries.","q":"How many job families are ranked?"},{"a":"A job family's score is the level-adjusted difference between the median advertised pay of roles that name an AI skill and those that do not, among roles that post a salary. Only job families with at least 30 AI-skill roles that post a salary are ranked. The gap shows what employers advertise, not that AI skills cause the pay.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. 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The gap shows what employers advertise, not that AI skills cause the pay."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T15:06:31.259Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"aj_pay","sources":["NextChapter job data: advertised annual pay of roles that name AI skills and those that do not, adjusted for level"],"baseline":null,"keyFacts":["#1 Sales, Job family: +70%","#2 Data & Analytics, Job family: +60%","#3 Human Resources, Job family: +55%","12 job families ranked across all job groups","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"job families","commentary":["The lead is wide: Sales (+70%) is well clear of Finance at #10 (+25%).","Executive Leadership reaches #8 on a sample of 51 openings naming AI, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","Engineering is the largest market in the top ten, with 3,232 openings naming AI behind its figure.","Job families with fewer than 30 openings naming AI are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/functions-with-the-biggest-ai-pay-premium"}