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Millennials and Gen Z Are Landing Fast-Growing, High-Paying AI Jobs (CNBC)

CNBC's August 18, 2026 coverage of LinkedIn's AI Talent Divide study, with comments from LinkedIn economist Kory Kantenga. It reports Gen Z makes up more than two-thirds of hires for forward deployed engineer and AI engineer roles (median pay $199,000 and $166,000), millennials 60% of head-of-AI hires, and women 26% of new AI hires, and closes with his advice on computer science degrees, data experience and side projects.