AI Specialist Salary Last Updated on: August 14, 2023 The average AI specialist salary in the United States is $165,980 per year, or $79.80 per hour. Their monthly salary starts at $6,907 and goes up to $20,494 per month, or about $245,931 per year.
The top-paying states for artificial intelligence specialists are California at $246,143 per year, Oregon at $201,305, and Washington at $193,768. The lowest-paying area is Georgia, with an average salary of $90,068 a year. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 4:47 PM, Bill Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: A generalist will rarely be unemployed. A specialist will usually make more money but only until the skillset involved begins to decline or is phased out. Assembler programming has been in decline for decades. >From Dice.com September 2022. There’s a pervasive myth that being able to program in assembly language makes you a master programmer with deity-level skills. Yet novice programmers can also pick up the nuances of assembly language—provided they invest the time and effort. Today, assembly language finds its greatest use in compiler development and low-level engineering, with some finance applications. Some companies definitely need the talent. According to Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass), which collects and analyses millions of job postings from across the country, there were 5,088 open job postings over the past 12 months that mentioned assembly language; however, the platform estimates job growth for the language at -10.8 percent over the next two years. That’s a steep decline. Those skilled in assembly language can expect relatively high salaries, at least: Lightcast pegs the median salary for jobs requiring assembly language at $93,022, which can drift higher with the right mix of skills and experience. Jobs requesting assembly language knowledge include software developer/engineer, training and development specialist, embedded software engineer, and firmware engineer. As a generalist, I made more than 93k in an area where the cost of living was way below the national average. Specializing in AI will be far more lucrative than Assembler. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 4:27 PM, Dean Kent <[email protected]> wrote: I didn't want to get into the firefight... however, the commentary here encouraged me to do so. My own belief (whether founded or not) is that if you follow your passion and become good at it, someone will recognize that and feel it is valuable enough to pay for it. I also believe that specialists tend to demand a higher rate than generalists. Assembler is a specialty, and while there may not be a lot of demand, the ones who do require it will pay. I compare it to, for example, I have some classic vehicles with carburetors. Not too many mechanics work on carburetors any more - but those who do have a lot of work. Fine craftsmen may not be in huge demand due to the 'production line' manufacturing of most furniture - but those who do it make good money and have plenty of work. People who specialize in repairing antique clocks, pottery, rugs, etc. may not be able to get a job anywhere - but if they are good at it, they have plenty of business. As long as the mainframe runs legacy code, there will be a need for assembler programmers. That's my opinion, at least. On 9/13/2023 8:52 AM, Bob Bridges wrote: > I've long observed that no matter what your employer hired you for, what you > turn out to be good at is what they use you for. At one location I was the > only one who bothered to figure out what was wrong with the big greenbar > printer when it went haywire; before I left, therefore, I was the one folks > came to when it misbehaved, and I was the one ordering supplies for it. At > another place my boss remarked, during an annual review, that "we gotta get > you on some of these team projects; we keep using you as the lone > fire-fighter for odd problems, but team projects will look good an your > resume". I nodded enthusiastically and agreed aloud, but the fact is I > ~liked~ being the guy in the corner who did the odd jobs, figuring out the > software that no one else had time for. > > I always recommend to young folks that they keep on doing what they're > interested in doing. Obviously this doesn't mean neglecting assigned tasks > that sound boring; if I don't do what my boss wants me to do then I'm useless > to him. But eventually he'll discover that he wants me to do some of the > things I'm especially good at too. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a > little way past them into the impossible. -[Arthur C] Clarke's 2nd law. */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Arthur Fichtl > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 04:18 > > As a now retired freelance z/OS guy based in Munich/Germany I had to find a > market niche at my employer. Therefore I specialized on debugging, analysis > of dumps and the like. For those tasks HLASM was inevitable. > > My colleagues preferred more comfortable tasks and languages and therefore I > for myself had a quite secure job. > > And I liked it. My 1st language was the Siemens 4004 Assembler with punch > cards as the user interface. 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