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

SEO is named in 1,980 open jobs, 0.7% of the jobs that name a skill.

SEO in open jobs

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

Open jobs that name it
1,980
Share of jobs
0.7%
Rank
#99 of 215
Also ask for an AI skill
33%

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What SEO 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 $153k across 435 jobs that name SEO and state a range. For all jobs that name a skill it is $165k, so SEO jobs post 7.6% less.

Jobs that name SEO most

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

  • Marketing Managers521 jobs · median $167k
  • Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists89 jobs
  • Search Marketing Strategists83 jobs
  • Sales Managers50 jobs
  • Software Developers50 jobs
  • Writers and Authors41 jobs

Where SEO is asked for

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

SEO 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.

High. Mean observed exposure 0.33 across 1,350 jobs with a matched occupation.

33% of the jobs that name SEO also name a specific AI skill. Which AI skills employers ask for

Other skills employers ask for

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