High-demand careers for the next decade
Two thousand two hundred and seventy careers with growing or fast-growing demand, careers where the underlying employment data shows growing or fast-growing demand, the kind of roles where good people are absorbed quickly and salaries trend upward as the work expands. Each card below carries the typical preparation path, the salary range from entry to senior level, and a short read on what the work actually involves day to day. You are looking at page 2 of 46 for high-demand careers.
2270 careers in High-demand careers for the next decade, page 2 of 46
AI Alignment Researcher
Doctoral or Professional Degree · $140,300
Focuses on aligning the goals and behaviors of advanced AI systems with human intentions and values.
AI Animation Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $102,030
Uses AI and machine learning tools to generate and enhance animations. Develops AI-assisted animation workflows.
AI Applications Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $129,680
Develops business applications that embed AI into existing workflows, integrating model services with APIs, databases,…
AI Assurance Engineer
Master's Degree · $104,300
Build the technical and process frameworks that provide systematic assurance that AI systems behave as intended across…
AI Assurance Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $107,010
Independently evaluates whether AI governance, testing and operational controls are designed well and supported by…
AI Auditor
Master's Degree · $83,680
Conduct independent audits of AI systems to assess their compliance with legal requirements, ethical standards, and…
AI Automation Architect
Bachelor's Degree · $123,930
Defines reusable architecture patterns for AI-enabled automation across an organization, selecting orchestration,…
AI Benchmark Engineer
Master's Degree · $140,300
Design, build, and maintain benchmark suites that measure AI model capabilities across reasoning, knowledge, safety,…
AI Bias and Fairness Auditor
Master's Degree · $120,230
Evaluate AI systems for discriminatory outcomes, demographic disparities, and fairness violations. Design audit…
AI Compiler Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $144,570
Develops compiler and runtime technology that transforms machine-learning graphs and tensor programs into efficient…
AI Compliance Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $107,010
Translates AI-related laws, sector rules and internal obligations into deployable requirements, review processes and…
AI Compliance Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $80,730
Ensure that AI systems and their development processes comply with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies.…
AI Consultant
Bachelor's Degree · $103,460
Advises organizations on where AI can create measurable value, evaluates workflows and vendors, and helps clients move…
AI Content Moderation Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $135,980
Design and operate the systems that detect and remove harmful content generated by or interacting with AI systems.…
AI Content Operations Lead
Bachelor's Degree · $166,790
Build and manage the systems, workflows, and teams that produce AI-assisted content at scale. Design content operations…
AI Content Producer
Bachelor's Degree · $90,360
Create, edit, and distribute AI-assisted content across multiple formats including articles, videos, podcasts, and…
AI Content Strategist / AI-Assisted Content Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $166,790
Develops content strategies that leverage AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, etc.) for content creation, editing, and…
AI Creative Director
Bachelor's Degree · $114,850
Lead the creative vision and execution of AI-augmented marketing campaigns, brand experiences, and content programmes.…
AI Curriculum Designer
Master's Degree · $77,440
Design and develop educational curricula, courses, and learning experiences that teach AI literacy, machine learning…
AI Customer Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $124,900
Serve as the primary technical partner for strategic AI customers throughout their entire lifecycle. Provide deep…
AI Customer Success Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $83,050
Manage the post-sale relationship with AI product customers to drive adoption, retention, and expansion. Develop…
AI Data Annotation Specialist
High School Diploma · $41,340
Label, tag, and annotate data to train and improve AI and machine learning models. Work with images, text, audio, and…
AI Data Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $129,680
Builds reliable data pipelines and storage layers for AI training, evaluation and retrieval, with emphasis on…
AI Deployment Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $135,980
Manage the end-to-end process of deploying machine learning models from development to production. Design CI/CD…
AI Developer Relations Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $135,980
Build and nurture relationships with the developer community around an AI platform or API. Create technical content,…
AI Enablement Lead
Bachelor's Degree · $133,000
Build and manage the sales enablement function for AI products, equipping sales teams with the knowledge, tools,…
AI Engineer
Master's Degree · $135,980
Builds and deploys artificial intelligence systems, integrating machine learning models into production applications…
AI Ethicist
Master's Degree · $101,110
Develops and implements ethical guidelines for artificial intelligence systems, ensuring fair, transparent, and…
AI Ethicist and Policy Advisor
Master's Degree · $101,860
Evaluate the ethical implications of AI systems and advise organisations, governments, and regulators on responsible AI…
AI Ethics Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $141,900
Manage an organisation's AI ethics programme, overseeing the development and implementation of responsible AI policies,…
AI Ethics Researcher
Doctoral or Professional Degree · $101,110
Conduct academic and applied research on the ethical implications of AI systems. Investigate questions of fairness,…
AI FinOps Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $136,120
Optimizes the financial efficiency of AI infrastructure and model consumption, linking GPU utilization, cloud spend,…
AI Fraud Detection Analyst
Bachelor's Degree · $81,100
Use AI and machine learning models to detect, investigate, and prevent financial fraud across payment systems, banking,…
AI Governance Analyst
Bachelor's Degree · $80,730
Support the development and implementation of AI governance frameworks by conducting risk assessments, drafting…
AI Governance Lead
Master's Degree · $141,900
Establish and oversee the organisational frameworks, policies, and processes that govern the responsible development…
AI Governance Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $107,010
Builds the policies, inventories, review gates and evidence trails that let an organization develop and use AI under…
AI Implementation Consultant
Bachelor's Degree · $101,860
Guide enterprise organisations through the planning, deployment, and adoption of AI solutions. Conduct readiness…
AI Incident Response Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $129,180
Lead the investigation and remediation of AI system failures, safety incidents, and adversarial attacks in production.…
AI Infrastructure Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $135,980
Designs and builds the infrastructure that powers AI/ML workloads at scale, including GPU clusters, distributed…
AI Integration Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $129,680
Connects AI services to enterprise applications, data sources and event flows, implementing APIs, middleware,…
AI Localization Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $60,170
Manage the AI-powered translation and localisation of content, software, and media for global markets. Use machine…
AI Marketing Strategist
Bachelor's Degree · $78,760
Develop and execute AI-powered marketing strategies that leverage machine learning, predictive analytics, and…
AI Model Risk Manager
Master's Degree · $117,330
Assess and manage the risks associated with deploying AI models in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare,…
AI Newsroom Editor
Bachelor's Degree · $77,920
Lead the integration of AI tools into newsroom workflows to enhance reporting speed, accuracy, and depth. Evaluate and…
AI Partnerships Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $148,270
Build and manage strategic partnerships with AI technology companies, system integrators, and channel partners to…
AI Performance Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $144,570
Measures and improves the end-to-end performance of AI workloads, profiling compute, memory, kernels, runtimes and…
AI Platform Product Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $109,820
Owns shared AI platform capabilities such as model access, evaluation, retrieval, safety and observability so internal…
AI Policy Analyst
Master's Degree · $142,080
Research and analyse AI policy developments at national and international levels. Produce briefings, white papers, and…
AI Product Engineer
Bachelor's Degree · $129,680
Ships user-facing AI features end to end, combining product judgment, frontend or backend code, model APIs, rapid…
AI Product Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $109,820
Defines AI-powered product outcomes, balancing user value with model quality, latency, cost, safety and data…