62%About 6 in 10average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads)
62% average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads) (2025, PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey))
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62% average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads) (2025).
62%
the latest figure (2025)
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Why you can trust it. PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey): research, research firm or analyst compilation. More than one billion job advertisements in 27 countries and territories.
PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey)
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Research: Research firm or analyst compilation
What it measures
62% average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads)
Data period
2025 (ends 31 Dec 2025)
Published by the source
15 Jun 2026
Who is counted
More than one billion job advertisements in 27 countries and territories.
In the source's words
the average wage premium for workers with AI skills continued to surge higher - hitting 62%, up from 57% last year.
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on pwc.com (press release, 15 Jun 2026) on 2026-10-23. PwC now gives last year as 57%, not the 56% in its 2025 report. Advertised pay, not earnings.
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All rights reserved; quote briefly with credit. Barometer analyses job ads; the agent survey is 300 US senior executives.
15 Jun 2026Correction62% PwC 2026 Barometer replaces the 2025 figure (56%); PwC restates last year as 57%.
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PwC. (2026). 62% average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/ai-skills-wage-premium
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"62% average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads)." PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey), 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/ai-skills-wage-premium.
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62% average wage premium in job ads that ask for AI skills, up from 57% a year earlier (PwC, more than one billion job ads), for 2025, according to PwC, PwC research (Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI agent survey). We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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