Recently, Maimai Gaopin released the "2024 Spring Recruitment High-Paying Career and Talent Insights" (hereinafter referred to as Insights) report, in the first quarter of 2024, the average monthly salary of ChatGPT researchers' new positions was 64,000 yuan, leading the list of high-paying positions, among which recommended algorithm talents led the "35+" high-paying talent list with an average monthly salary of 62,923 yuan.
Among the enterprises with an average salary of more than 40,000 yuan in new positions, SenseTime Technology and Wondershare Technology, an A-share listed company of AIGC software in China, as AI landmark enterprises, have raised salaries significantly in order to compete for AI talents, and the absolute value of salary increases is more than double that of the second echelon of salary increases such as BYD, Xiaomi, and ByteDance.
SenseTime and Wondershare Technology have raised salaries for AI talents
Insight shows that among the enterprises with an average salary of more than 40,000 yuan in new positions, the top three in the classification of SenseTime Technology, Wanxing Technology, and Yuanrong Qixing are all above 10,000 yuan, which is significantly higher than the 4,000-5,000 yuan increase of ByteDance and Baidu. It is worth noting that with the acceleration of the internationalization of the e-commerce industry, the salary level of multinational e-commerce companies such as Amazon and SHEIN has also increased.
Image source: Screenshot of the report
Among the 20 companies with the highest average salary of new jobs in the first quarter of 2024, AI companies also lead the way in terms of salary, with Douyin ranking first on the high salary list with 55,363 yuan, followed by Amazon with 55,295 yuan, and DJI ranking third with 53,485 yuan. In the list of high-paying companies, 2 new energy vehicle companies were selected, namely Li Auto and BYD. There are 4 artificial intelligence companies, namely SenseTime, Horizon, Baidu, and Wondershare Technology. There are 5 e-commerce companies, namely Amazon, Dewu, JD.com, Taobao, and SHEIN.
Top 20 companies with average salary for new jobs in the first quarter of 2024 Image source: Screenshot of the report
In the top 20 list of new positions with the highest salaries, which also reflect the gold content of talents, in the first quarter of 2024, ChatGPT researchers ranked first in the list of high-paying positions with an average salary of 64,074 yuan, followed by digital front-end engineers with 62,579 yuan, and analog chip design ranked third with 62,275 yuan. Most of the waist positions are also focused on AI algorithms and architecture, once again highlighting the market's demand for AI R&D talents.
ChatGPT researcher is the highest-paying position in the first quarter of 2024 Image source: Screenshot of the report
Technology "the older the more fragrant" 35 years old is not a technician shackles
At the age of 35, he once became an invisible shackle in the workplace, especially for technical talents. However, insights show that in Q1 2024, among the positions that require more than 10 years of experience, technical positions dominate, accounting for 13 of the top 20 age-friendly jobs. Among them, architects are at the top of the list, followed by Java development, back-end development, and artificial intelligence. Among them, recommended algorithm talents lead the "35+" high-paid talent list with an average monthly salary of 62,923 yuan.
Analysts pointed out that the 35-year-old problem reflects the common problem of narrowing the upward channel under the pyramid structure, in any field, the higher the position, the fewer positions, but the 35-year-old + technicians tend to have more experience and a more accurate grasp of demand. As long as we keep track of the evolution of technology and learn from it, we will still be very competitive.
Taking Wondershare Technology, which has a bright salary increase, as an example, it was found that it has a number of high-end positions in Shenzhen or Changsha, including artificial intelligence-related positions, including image and audio and video algorithm engineers, product managers, architects, etc., with experience requirements of 5 to 10 years, and most of the annual salaries are more than 450,000 yuan, with generous treatment.
"Our company's AI application business is expanding rapidly, and the high-end R&D category in Changsha's R&D base camp needs hundreds of talents." Mr. Xiang, the recruitment manager of Wondershare Technology in Changsha, said that the company is vigorously recruiting globally, and this year alone, many high-end R&D talents from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have joined. Since 2018, the number of employees in Hunan has increased by 10 times, and the recruitment needs cover algorithms, architecture, data analysis, testing and other application research and development fields.
"AI may replace some workflows and jobs, but the industry is also in great need of people who can use AI and technology." In his view, under the rapid development of AI, job seekers should actively learn new technologies, so that technology can be used for me and "co-prosperity and symbiosis" with new technologies.
In line with this, the insights report shows that product managers rank highest among non-technical roles, indicating that even in non-technical roles, there is a need for a certain level of technical understanding to better grasp the needs of the market and users. Other professional positions such as quality management, HRBP, recruiters, e-commerce operations, marketing, financial managers, etc., which require experience and vision, are also on the list.