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AI Jobs in Chicago
The Midwest's AI capital. Chicago offers strong AI opportunities in finance, healthcare, and enterprise tech, with a lower cost of living than coastal cities.
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Latest Chicago AI roles
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Applied Data Scientist - AI Enablement (Transportation)
10/16HDR • Chicago, IL
PythonRSQL+33+32+31$150k – 215k Cybersecurity AI Forward Deployed Engineer - FDE - Consultant
10/13Accenture • Morristown +41
Claude CodeCursorGithub Copilot+30+29+28$59k – 235kSenior AI Engineer / Python / TypeScript / LangChain
10/12Motion Recruitment • Chicago, IL
PythonTypeScriptLangChain+5+4+3$130k – 170k- E
EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Growth Platforms - Software Engineer - Sr Assoc/Consultant
10/11EY-Parthenon • Chicago, IL
PythonJavaScala+26+25+24$130k – 185k Manager, Applied AI
10/11Invenergy • Chicago, IL
Microsoft 365Microsoft Copilot StudioMicrosoft Power Platform+18+17+16$134k – 155kAccount Engineer
10/10Snowflake • Chicago, IL
SQLPythonJava+19+18+17$138k – 181kAI-Native Software Engineering Americas Market
10/9Accenture • Chicago, IL
JavaPythonGo+39+38+37$70k – 235k- RU
AI Applied Health System Engineer-30990
10/9Rush University Medical Center • Chicago, IL
PythonAIGenerative AI+27+26+25$87k – 130k AI Engineer - Go To Market
10/8Verizon • Rolling Meadows, IL
PythonTypeScriptWeb Services+40+39+38$121k – 231k- E
AI Execution Analyst and Reporting Lead 1 1 1
10/5EY • Chicago, IL
ClaudeClaude CodeClaude Agent Sdk+31+30+29$196k – 354k Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, Frontier GenAI
10/4Deloitte • Chicago, IL
PythonAnthropicGoogle Ai+41+40+39$156k – 307kSr Mgr - E&O Automation & AI
10/4United Airlines • Chicago, IL
Workflow AutomationOrchestrationAgentic Ai+15+14+13$141k – 183k
Career guide
Why Chicago for AI?
Diverse Industries
- Major financial and trading firms
- Healthcare and insurance AI
- Enterprise tech companies
- Growing startup ecosystem
- University of Chicago research
Career Advantages
- Lower cost of living than coasts
- Strong job market stability
- Less competition than Bay Area
- Good work-life balance
- Central location and travel hub
Chicago AI Compensation
Chicago AI salaries offer great value with Midwest cost of living. ML engineers earn $140k-$260k+ base at top companies and trading firms.
Community
Chicago AI Community & Resources
Chicago's AI ecosystem spans precision medicine, enterprise AI, and academic research — with citywide tech weeks and Fulton Market hardtech hubs.
Community Groups & Meetups
- AI Tinkerers Chicago
Monthly builder-only meetup with live code demos (no slides) for AI engineers shipping real products.
- Chicago ML
Long-running community of ML researchers and engineers in greater Chicago — welcomes beginners and veterans.
- Chicago AI Developers Group (AITTG)
Practical GenAI/LLM tech talks, workshops, and code labs with tech leads from Chicago startups.
- Chicago Artificial Intelligence Meetup
Monthly downtown gathering with a speaker series and networking focused on AI's future.
Conferences & Events
- TechChicago Week
Citywide tech festival organized by P33 with AI-heavy programming across venues every July.
University AI Programs
- UChicago Data Science Institute
UChicago's interdisciplinary AI/data science hub running research, speaker series, and summer programs.
- AI at Northwestern
University-wide AI initiative spanning Northwestern Engineering, Kellogg, and NNCI.
- Discovery Partners Institute (DPI)
University of Illinois' Chicago research hub advancing AI, quantum, and applied computing.
Incubators & Industry
- 1871
Chicago's flagship digital tech incubator in the Merchandise Mart — ~450 startups including many AI teams.
- mHUB Chicago
Hardtech innovation center in Fulton Market with 11 prototyping labs for physical AI/robotics startups.
- MATTER
Healthtech incubator home to 200+ startups applying AI to clinical workflows, diagnostics, and care.
- P33 Chicago
Civic org building Chicago into a tier-one tech hub via AI, quantum, talent, and startup initiatives.
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