Growing use of coding agents and consumption-based pricing models could push per-developer AI spending to unprecedented levels over the next two years, says Gartner.

Companies don't even have visibility into how much AI coding is costing them as it reaches developer salaries by 2028.

AI coding costs will overtake the average developer’s salary by 2028, Gartner warns, as token use and consumption-based pricing surge.

AI token expenses for coding are projected to match or surpass software engineers' monthly salaries by 2028, as enterprises ...

AI coding tools are set to outpace developer salaries by 2028, warns Gartner. This surge is fueled by increased large ...

Companies could soon spend as much on a developer’s AI token usage as they do on the developer’s salary, according to Gartner ...

Amodei argued that AI tools like Claude Code are transforming software development, and it could eventually make software engineering a thing that AI can handle, just like coding For job seekers in ...

By 2028, AI coding costs will overtake the average developer’s salary due to rising large language model (LLM) token consumption and the shift to consumption-based licensing models, forecast Gartner, ...