GoKawiilLemon.io study ranks fastest-growing tech jobs paying six figures, led by AI product manager
Lemon.io, a software talent marketplace, analyzed 38 emerging tech job titles from LinkedIn's Jobs on the Rise 2026 list alongside four established roles, scoring them on pay, hiring growth, demand and newness. AI product manager topped the ranking of fast-developing, high-paying tech roles, with data drawn from Glassdoor, Adzuna salary estimates, Hacker News job postings and Google Trends search data. The report comes as a separate USA Today/SurveyMonkey survey found 24% of U.S. workers are actively job hunting, largely for better pay and career growth.