{"id":1034422,"date":"2026-09-10T09:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1034422"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:00:43","slug":"ai-can-lift-pay-62-globally-in-india-it-could-double-starting-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/09\/10\/ai-can-lift-pay-62-globally-in-india-it-could-double-starting-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Can Lift Pay 62% Globally. In India, It Could Double Starting Salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018AI will take your job\u2019 has been the conventional narrative surrounding the rising use of artificial intelligence. However, emerging reports suggest AI is not replacing jobs; it is reshaping them. The technology is driving hiring trends, restructuring roles towards less specialised activities, and, more importantly, setting wage premiums for workers who possess AI-fluent skills. <\/p>\n<p>According to PwC\u2019s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer report, this wage premium has risen sharply and now stands at 62%, up from 57% in last year\u2019s report. Economists and analysts call this the AI-wage premium, meaning the extra pay for workers with specialised AI skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018AI will take your job\u2019 has been the conventional narrative surrounding the rising use of artificial intelligence. However, emerging reports suggest AI is not replacing jobs; it is reshaping them. The technology is driving hiring trends, restructuring roles towards less specialised activities, and, more importantly, setting wage premiums for workers who possess AI-fluent skills. According to PwC\u2019s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer report, this wage premium has risen sharply and now stands at 62%, up from 57% in last year\u2019s report. Economists and analysts call this the AI-wage premium, meaning the extra pay for workers with specialised AI skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1034422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034443,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034422\/revisions\/1034443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}