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median build in manufacturing is $3,600, 1.4 times the $2,500 market median.","Demand leans towards back-office automation: 23.2% of posts here against 14.2% across industries.","OpenAI and ChatGPT appears in 5.7% of posts, 1.9 times the usual share.","Its share of posts fell 23% between January to March and May to July, before collection 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About 45% of posts can be placed. Figures come from public job posts from December 2025 to November 2026 and show what posts offered, not what was paid. Hourly posts are estimated from rate, length and workload. Industries need 30 priced posts to be ranked, and are left out of rankings when one account makes up over a quarter of posts. Counts under 5 are hidden. Momentum compares January to March with May to July, before collection widened, and is left out where one account is over 12% of posts.","method":"https://aibuildindex.com/methodology"}