The post-ChatGPT premium is the estimated pay uplift seen in job postings after ChatGPT’s public release. It is not a direct measure of take-home pay; it reflects advertised salaries and can be influenced by changes in the mix of roles being posted. In labor analysis, the premium is used to spot whether AI exposure is changing how employers value certain skills.
In cyber security, this matters because many roles now sit close to AI-assisted work: alert triage, log analysis, phishing review, threat hunting, and incident response drafting. Employers may pay more for senior staff who can verify AI output, catch errors, and make final decisions under pressure. The same signal can also appear in defenses when teams hire people to supervise automated tools rather than replace them. For security leaders, the premium suggests that judgment, oversight, and quality control are becoming more valuable as AI takes over routine tasks.