---
title: "There’s a growing disconnect on the value of AI skills when it comes to salary"
description: "A report describes a gap between how employers and workers value AI skills when setting pay, which bears on whether AI expertise is translating into higher wages."
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section: "Work"
author: "Josh Alley"
author_url: "https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley"
published: "2026-10-07T01:00:49.192Z"
updated: "2026-10-07T01:00:49.192Z"
canonical: "https://hastalavista.ai/work/theres-a-growing-disconnect-on-the-value-of-ai-skills-when-it-comes-to-salary"
source_url: "https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2026/10/05/ai-pay-skills-job-postings-salary-raise.html"
source_name: "The Business Journals"
---

# There’s a growing disconnect on the value of AI skills when it comes to salary

*A report describes a gap between how employers and workers value AI skills when setting pay, which bears on whether AI expertise is translating into higher wages.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 6, 2026

Source: [There’s a growing disconnect on the value of AI skills when it comes to salary](https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2026/10/05/ai-pay-skills-job-postings-salary-raise.html) — The Business Journals

## Human take

*These are the author’s thoughts, made without AI and typed directly into our publishing software without assistance.*

Can we all just list "meat proxy" on our resumes and start cashing checks?