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Chief AI Officer (Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer) jobs: 77 open roles, pay, industries and skills

77 open Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer jobs (CAIO), taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as CAIO, Head of AI, Head of Artificial Intelligence. Listings that state pay show a median of $301,500 a year.

The market for Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer jobs
77

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$301,500

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State with the most openings
New York (22)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (48%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

What a Chief AI Officer does

C-suite role in Data & Analytics.

Where and how the company uses AI: the strategy, the build-or-buy choices, the governance, and getting the work into products and daily operations.

Usually reports to the CEO, CTO or CDO.

Other ways this role is written

  • CAIO
  • Chief AI Officer
  • Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
  • Head of AI
  • Head of Artificial Intelligence

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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Chief AI Officer salary

From 22 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$225,000
Median
$301,500
Upper quarter
$325,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for Chief AI Officer jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where Chief AI Officer jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills Chief AI Officer jobs ask for

Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Across all Data & Analytics openings

  1. 1. python11%
  2. 2. sql11%
  3. 3. machine learning8%
  4. 4. aws5%
  5. 5. azure4%
  6. 6. etl3%
  7. 7. agile3%
  8. 8. databricks3%
  9. 9. excel3%
  10. 10. snowflake3%

AI skills for Chief AI Officer jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

23% of Data & Analytics openings ask for a specific AI skill. There are too few Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer listings read in full to give a figure for this role alone.

Do AI skills change chief artificial intelligence officer pay?

For Data & Analytics roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief artificial intelligence officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Data & Analytics listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +47.9% (about $64.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$207,000
median, from 2,388 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$137,500
median, from 339 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Data & Analytics ladder

The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.

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Employers hiring for Chief AI Officer roles

  • JRG Partners 6
  • Harnham 5
  • Janus Henderson 3
  • Madison-Davis 3
  • Nokia 2
  • Via Transportation 2
  • Mondrian Alpha 2
  • Confidential 2
  • nexus IT group 2
  • Genentech 2
  • SherlockTalent 1
  • University of Arizona 1

Chief AI Officer questions

What does a Chief AI Officer do?
Where and how the company uses AI: the strategy, the build-or-buy choices, the governance, and getting the work into products and daily operations. Usually reports to the CEO, CTO or CDO.
What does CAIO stand for?
CAIO stands for Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. The same job is also written Chief AI Officer, Head of AI, Head of Artificial Intelligence.
How many Chief AI Officer jobs are open?
77 verified open Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a Chief AI Officer make?
Among 22 open Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer listings that state pay, the median is $301,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $225,000 and $325,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are Chief AI Officer jobs?
New York (22), California (14), Texas (7), Florida (4) have the most open Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer listings.
Which state pays a Chief AI Officer the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, New York has the highest median at $252,500.
Which industries hire for Chief AI Officer roles?
Technology & Software (48%), Financial Services & Banking (17%), Pharmaceuticals & Biotech (12%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.

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