ML/AI Work Research · Posting corpus
ML/AI Work Hiring Index
As of 2026-07-27, the ML/AI Work Hiring Index stands at 186 (baseline 100 at 2026-06-07) — 47,834 active AI job postings tracked across 12 markets (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
- -12.3% month-over-month
Index series (baseline 100 at 2026-06-07)
Early readings largely reflect expanding collection coverage (countries and queries added in June 2026), not market movement — treat the series as baseline-building until the cadence stabilizes.
Active AI postings by market
United States hosts 29,936 of the 47,834 active AI postings tracked — the corpus spans 18 markets.
Largest specializations
Machine Learning is the largest specialization with 9,387 active postings.
Methodology
The index counts active, AI-tier postings in the ML/AI Work corpus at each published snapshot, indexed to 100 at the earliest snapshot. Breakdowns are taken at the latest snapshot. How an AI job is defined, deduplication and freshness rules: methodology.
Cite this
ML/AI Work, "ML/AI Work Hiring Index", dataset v2026.06, n=47834, as of 2026-07-27. https://mlai.work/research/hiring-index