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How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay

On 17 Oct 2026, 82.6% of 3,668 open AI training roles stated an hourly rate, with a median of $65/hr and 60.4% at $50/hr or more.

Data window
20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026
28 days, UTC
Computed
18 Oct 2026, 16:26 UTC
Recomputed every day
Source
The public job boards of the AI training platforms this site tracks, read every day.
Method
Version 1. Definitions
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of open roles state an hourly rate
83%
roles stating a rate
3,031
median advertised rate
$65/hr
of priced roles advertise $100/hr or more
21%

Key findings

  1. 1

    82.6% of the 3,668 AI training roles open on 17 Oct 2026 stated an hourly rate; the rest left pay to a later step or paid per task or project.

    Figure 1
  2. 2

    Math & STEM roles stated a rate most often (93.6%), Research Studies & Surveys roles least often (50%).

    Figure 1
  3. 3

    7 of the 25 platforms with at least 10 open roles stated a rate on every role; Sigma AI stated one on none of its 90 roles.

    Figure 2
  4. 4

    60.4% of roles that state a rate advertise $50/hr or more, and 20.7% advertise $100/hr or more.

    Figure 3
  5. 5

    On the platforms tracked throughout, the advertised median rose from $55/hr on 20 Sep 2026 to $65/hr on 17 Oct 2026 (+18.2%).

    Figure 5
  6. 6

    The widest advertised ranges were in Multilingual & Localization (top 3x the bottom) and the narrowest in Agentic Tasks & RL Environments (1.29x).

    Figure 4

Figure 1

How often roles state an hourly rate, by kind of work

Which kinds of AI training work tell you what they pay before you apply?

Kind of workRoles stating an hourly rateOpen roles
Math & STEM
93.6%
218
Robotics & Physical-AI Data
90.8%
65
Coding & Software Evaluation
90.5%
284
Law, Medicine & Finance
90.3%
1,108
Multilingual & Localization
82.6%
1,004
Red-Teaming & AI Safety
81.5%
54
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)
81.1%
143
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments
78.1%
64
Writing & Content
76.5%
34
Data Annotation & Labeling
66.2%
139
Transcription, Audio & Speech
64.5%
521
Research Studies & Surveys
50.0%
34

Sample. 3,668 roles open on 17 Oct 2026; 3,031 state an hourly rate.

A role states pay when its posting gives an hourly figure or range. Roles paid per task or per project, or that state no figure, do not.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay, live data.

Figure 2

How often roles state an hourly rate, by platform

Which platforms publish their rates, and which leave pay until after you qualify?

PlatformRoles stating an hourly rateOpen roles
AfterQuery
100.0%
217
Alignerr
100.0%
386
Anyone AI
100.0%
128
Claru
100.0%
60
Mindrift
100.0%
297
Outlier (Scale AI)Small sample
100.0%
5
Pila8Small sample
100.0%
3
SuperAnnotate (SME)
100.0%
377
xAI (SpaceXAI)
100.0%
15
Handshake AI
99.4%
170
Invisible
99.2%
532
micro1
97.6%
248
OpenTrain AI
97.6%
42
RemoExperts
97.2%
36
Sovrano AI
85.0%
20
Mercor
83.4%
229
Welo Data
77.9%
235
Braintrust
73.1%
78
Terac
68.2%
22
RemotasksSmall sample
66.7%
3
Babel Audio
53.5%
43
Pasiflora AISmall sample
28.6%
7
Vetto
15.0%
20
Turing
11.4%
193
TransPerfect DataForce
10.6%
66
Appen
9.1%
55
OneForma
4.2%
24
Perle Labs
0.0%
67
Sigma AI
0.0%
90

Sample. 3,668 roles open on 17 Oct 2026.

Rows under 10 open roles are marked as a small sample.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay, live data.

Figure 3

How advertised hourly rates are distributed

What share of AI training roles pay $50 an hour or more?

Advertised rateOpen rolesShare of priced roles
Under $15/hr173
5.7%
$15 to $25/hr250
8.2%
$25 to $35/hr279
9.2%
$35 to $50/hr497
16.4%
$50 to $75/hr769
25.4%
$75 to $100/hr437
14.4%
$100 to $150/hr508
16.8%
$150/hr or more118
3.9%

Sample. 3,031 roles open on 17 Oct 2026 that state an hourly rate.

Each role counts once, at the middle of its advertised range.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay, live data.

Figure 4

How wide advertised pay ranges are, by kind of work

When a role gives a range, how far apart are the top and the bottom?

Kind of workTop of range / bottomMedian width
Multilingual & Localization
3.00x
$57
Math & STEM
3.00x
$57
Transcription, Audio & Speech
2.50x
$40
Red-Teaming & AI Safety
2.00x
$60
Writing & Content
2.00x
$40
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)
1.94x
$35
Coding & Software Evaluation
1.78x
$35
Law, Medicine & Finance
1.71x
$40
Data Annotation & Labeling
1.67x
$20
Robotics & Physical-AI Data
1.33x
$5
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments
1.29x
$10
Research Studies & SurveysSmall sample
n/a
n/a

Sample. Roles open on 17 Oct 2026 that state an hourly rate; medians over the roles that give a range (top above bottom).

A ratio of 2.00x means the top of a typical range is twice its bottom: where a worker lands inside it is decided after they qualify.

Medians need at least 8 roles giving a range.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay, live data.

Figure 5

Change in the advertised median over the window

Are advertised rates for AI training work rising or falling?

Kind of workMedian on 20 Sep 2026Median on 17 Oct 2026Change
All kinds of work$55
$65
+18.2%
Multilingual & Localization$37
$65
+78.1%
Data Annotation & Labeling$20
$33
+65.0%
Writing & Content$48
$60
+26.3%
Robotics & Physical-AI Data$13
$14
+12.0%
Red-Teaming & AI Safety$50
$55
+10.0%
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments$46
$50
+8.1%
Law, Medicine & Finance$75
$80
+6.7%
Transcription, Audio & Speech$30
$30
0.0%
Coding & Software Evaluation$65
$65
0.0%
Math & STEM$65
$65
0.0%
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)$60
$58
-4.2%
Research Studies & SurveysSmall samplen/a
$100
n/a

Sample. Roles stating an hourly rate that were open at the start of 20 Sep 2026 and at the end of 17 Oct 2026, on the platforms tracked throughout.

The median moves when the mix of open roles changes as much as when rates change: it describes what is advertised, not a raise for any one role.

Medians need at least 8 priced roles at each end.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay, live data.

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Method and definitions

The public job boards of the AI training platforms this site tracks, read every day. Every figure is computed by one database query over the window shown, the same query for the live report and for every edition. Each figure states its sample beneath it.

Stating pay
A role states pay when its posting gives an hourly figure or range. Per-task or per-project pay, and postings with no figure, do not count.
Advertised pay
The hourly figure a posting states (the middle of a stated range). Medians need at least 8 roles stating a rate; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
Range ratio
The top of an advertised range divided by its bottom, for roles that give a range.
Open role
A role listed by a given day and still in its platform's feed that day.
Kind of work
Each role is classified from its title and description into one of the twelve kinds of AI training work this site tracks, from AI evaluation and coding to multilingual and audio work. Every kind links to its own page.
Window
Live: the last 28 complete days, in UTC. Edition: one calendar month, in UTC.

What this data cannot tell you

  • Platforms that recruit without a public job board are not counted. Several large ones invite workers to projects directly.
  • A listing is not a hire. Some platforms keep evergreen roles open for months, and some post one listing per language or country.
  • Pay is what postings advertise, not what workers are paid after bonuses, tiers or rejected tasks.

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AITraining.jobs (2026). How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay (live data, 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026). https://www.aitraining.team/research/pay-transparency (accessed 18 Oct 2026)

BibTeX

@misc{aitrainingjobs_pay_transparency_live,
  author = {{AITraining.jobs}},
  title = {How AI Training Roles Advertise Pay (live data, 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.aitraining.team/research/pay-transparency}},
  note = {Accessed 18 Oct 2026},
}
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