Millennials are winning the AI talent wars—they’re getting 60% of all the top AI jobs and earning $236K salaries. But most of them are men.

Amid the frenzy that AI is on the cusp of taking everyone’s jobs, there’s a clear winner emerging from the chaos: millennials. 

New research from LinkedIn found that the 30-to 45-year-old generation is the one actually cashing in on the explosion of new AI roles.

LinkedIn analyzed its own platform data to uncover the 12 fastest-growing AI jobs and the age of those getting hired right now. It also revealed that millennials make up 60% of new hires for head of AI jobs—and they’re commanding a median salary of $236,000. Meanwhile, millennials make up 56% of technical new hires.

But most of those new hires are men.

Alarmingly, women make up just 20% of head of AI hires, 26% of director of AI hires, and 18% of technical staff hires. 

While millennials nab top jobs, Gen Z is cleaning up........

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