Pursuing a 6-figure income? These 15 high-paying jobs didn’t exist a decade ago
Jennifer Mattson
June 17, 2026
AI disrupted the current job market—and created a long list of new roles with impressive salaries across tech, medicine, HR, IT, marketing, and more.
Artificial intelligence is disrupting the current job market, leaving a trail of corporate layoffs and workers scrambling to determine what positions will be safe in the future.
At the same time, AI tools are also creating a number of high-paying jobs that didn’t exist a decade ago, according to a new report from job search and career platform Ladders. The survey looked at data from professionals earning over $100,000 a year and mapped the top 15 six-figure jobs that it says are worth considering.
“Most headlines frame AI as a wrecking ball aimed at our paychecks,” Marc Cenedella, Ladders’ CEO, tells Fast Company. “This study, however, shows [more than] 1.3 million new jobs have been created since the term ‘AI’ entered the mainstream vernacular, with many of those roles paying 56% above the rest of the pack.”
