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Hugging Face jobs: demand and pay (October 2026)
315 open data & AI postings at 203 companies mention Hugging Face, or 2.4% of all data & AI postings we track (as of October 18, 2026).
2.4%share of data & AI postings
203companies hiring
$216Kmedian pay, US (n=99)
—week over week (needs more history)
Hugging Face pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $214K | 20 |
| Staff / lead | $272K | 22 |
| Principal | — | 8 |
| Manager | — | 3 |
| Director+ | — | 3 |
| Level not stated | $190K | 43 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
Roles that ask for Hugging Face
| Role | Postings | % of that role |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | 120 | 3.2% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 105 | 5.3% |
| Data Scientist | 33 | 2.1% |
| AI Research Scientist | 22 | 5.0% |
| Data & AI leadership | 16 | 1.5% |
| Data Architect | 14 | 3.5% |
| Data Engineer | 5 | 0.3% |
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How it's measured: a posting counts if its title or description matches the Hugging Face patterns in our taxonomy. Postings by the vendor itself are excluded. See the methodology.