27/07/2026
Everyone talks about AI salaries in extremes — either "no jobs" or "10 LPA guaranteed." Neither is true.
Here's what the actual 2026 data says:
→ ₹5.8–8 LPA if you're going the standard IT-services route
→ ₹8–12 LPA once you have a real portfolio and product-company shot
→ ₹15 LPA+ if you've shipped a deployed, evaluated system — not just a notebook
The gap between those numbers isn't luck. It's five things: a live deployed project, documented eval scores, production skills (FastAPI, Docker, cloud), observability, and a real GitHub history with reviewed PRs.
GenAI and agentic roles are commanding a 25-40% premium over generalist ML right now — and companies are mostly promoting existing engineers into those roles instead of hiring fresh, because the skill is still rare. That's the window.
None of these numbers are ours — they're pulled from public 2026 industry research (sources in our free market brief, link in bio). We're sharing them because the curriculum only makes sense once you see why it's built the way it is.
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