Skills › language
Rust jobs: demand and pay (October 2026)
313 open data & AI postings at 178 companies mention Rust, or 2.4% of all data & AI postings we track (as of October 18, 2026).
2.4%share of data & AI postings
178companies hiring
$215Kmedian pay, US (n=113)
—week over week (needs more history)
Rust pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Mid (II) | — | 1 |
| Senior | $211K | 35 |
| Staff / lead | $240K | 20 |
| Principal | — | 6 |
| Manager | — | 1 |
| Level not stated | $206K | 50 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
Roles that ask for Rust
| Role | Postings | % of that role |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | 125 | 3.3% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 108 | 5.5% |
| Data Engineer | 37 | 2.1% |
| Data & AI leadership | 11 | 1.0% |
| AI Research Scientist | 9 | 2.1% |
| Data Scientist | 9 | 0.6% |
| Data Architect | 5 | 1.3% |
| Database Engineer / DBA | 5 | 1.6% |
| Analytics Engineer | 3 | 0.8% |
| Data Governance & Quality | 1 | 0.5% |
The weekly Data Skills Index
What moved this week: rising and falling skills, pay by skill and level, new vs closed data & AI roles. Free, one email a week.
One email a week. Double opt-in, one-click unsubscribe. Privacy
How it's measured: a posting counts if its title or description matches the Rust patterns in our taxonomy. Postings by the vendor itself are excluded. See the methodology.