As of early 2026, Prompt Engineers in the U.S. earn an average salary of approximately $100,000–$125,000 annually, with typical ranges spanning from $60,000 to over $200,000 depending on experience, location, and company. Top earners and senior roles at major tech firms can command significantly higher salaries, sometimes exceeding $200,000–$300,000 annually.
Yooooo you think I could bullshit my way into one of these? I’m pretty good at making stuff in stable diffusion and I can vibe code with google gemini telling me what to do.
If you can live with the fact that your employer likely will be participating in depriving some small town of potable water through their partnership/purchase of racks/compute/tokens in a datacenter for whatever they use Claude for, sure I guess