Intellectual property: jobs that ask for it, where, and how AI changes it

Intellectual property is named in 4,452 open jobs, 1.5% of the jobs that name a skill.

Intellectual property in open jobs

Counted once per job, from the job's full text.

Open jobs that name it
4,452
Share of jobs
1.5%
Rank
#64 of 215
Also ask for an AI skill
19%

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What Intellectual property jobs pay

Posted pay ranges only, and most jobs do not state one. Skills cluster in particular kinds of job, so part of any gap is the job and not the skill. This compares postings; it does not say that learning a skill raises your pay.

The median posted yearly pay (the middle of each range) is $172k across 2,263 jobs that name Intellectual property and state a range. For all jobs that name a skill it is $165k, so Intellectual property jobs post 3.9% more.

Jobs that name Intellectual property most

Live postings counted by occupation, with the median posted yearly pay where at least 30 of them state one.

  • Lawyers427 jobs · median $232k
  • Software Developers306 jobs · median $222k
  • Web Administrators142 jobs · median $193k
  • Manufacturing Engineers120 jobs · median $168k
  • Mechanical Engineers114 jobs · median $154k
  • Electrical Engineers98 jobs · median $170k

Where Intellectual property is asked for

Biggest first. The percentage is the share of that group's jobs that name the skill.

Intellectual property and AI

Mean AI use observed in the occupations of the jobs that ask for this skill (Anthropic Economic Index). It describes the work, not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet.

Some. Mean observed exposure 0.18 across 3,084 jobs with a matched occupation.

19% of the jobs that name Intellectual property also name a specific AI skill. Which AI skills employers ask for

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