Skills › genai
vLLM / inference serving jobs: demand and pay (October 2026)
511 open data & AI postings at 300 companies mention vLLM / inference serving, or 3.9% of all data & AI postings we track (as of October 18, 2026).
3.9%share of data & AI postings
300companies hiring
$226Kmedian pay, US (n=200)
—week over week (needs more history)
vLLM / inference serving pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry / junior | — | 1 |
| Senior | $212K | 51 |
| Staff / lead | $242K | 46 |
| Principal | $241K | 12 |
| Manager | — | 5 |
| Director+ | — | 1 |
| Level not stated | $209K | 84 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
Roles that ask for vLLM / inference serving
| Role | Postings | % of that role |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 266 | 13.5% |
| AI Engineer | 157 | 4.2% |
| AI Research Scientist | 43 | 9.9% |
| Data & AI leadership | 17 | 1.6% |
| Data Architect | 11 | 2.8% |
| Data Scientist | 9 | 0.6% |
| Data Engineer | 6 | 0.3% |
| Data Analyst | 1 | 0.1% |
| BI Developer / Analyst | 1 | 0.7% |
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 vLLM / inference serving patterns in our taxonomy. Postings by the vendor itself are excluded. See the methodology.