Key findings

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51.3% of the 1,591 roles open on 31 Aug 2026 accepted applicants from any country; 38.9% were limited to listed countries and 9.8% excluded some.
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Robotics & Physical-AI Data was the most open to the world (94.1% of roles open worldwide); Agentic Tasks & RL Environments the least (29.4%).
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Residents of the United States (1,233), India (1,054) and the United Kingdom (1,049) could apply to the most open roles; a resident of a country no posting names could apply to the 816 worldwide roles.
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The United States was named by 42.2% of the roles limited to listed countries, and 72.1% of limited roles accepted a single country.
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Every one of the 156 roles open worldwide except listed countries excluded the same 47 countries, among them Afghanistan, Argentina and Bangladesh.
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Who may apply, by kind of work

Which kinds of AI training work are open to applicants anywhere in the world?

Kind of work	Open worldwide	Except listed	Only listed countries	No rule	Open roles
All kinds of work	51.3%	9.8%	38.9%	0.0%	1,591
Robotics & Physical-AI Data	94.1%	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%	17
Red-Teaming & AI Safety	93.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	16
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)	91.9%	0.5%	7.7%	0.0%	222
Writing & Content	70.6%	17.6%	11.8%	0.0%	17
Data Annotation & Labeling	60.0%	3.3%	36.7%	0.0%	30
Coding & Software Evaluation	57.9%	5.6%	36.5%	0.0%	126
Transcription, Audio & Speech	51.3%	7.6%	41.2%	0.0%	119
Law, Medicine & Finance	42.2%	25.5%	32.3%	0.0%	431
Multilingual & Localization	39.1%	0.9%	60.0%	0.0%	432
Math & STEM	37.3%	12.7%	50.0%	0.0%	158
Research Studies & SurveysSmall sample	33.3%	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	6
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments	29.4%	0.0%	70.6%	0.0%	17

Sample. 1,591 roles open at the end of 31 Aug 2026.

The rule is read from each posting's location text and, where the posting is silent, from what the platform states about where it hires.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, August 2026 edition.

Figure 2

Open roles a resident of each country can apply to

Which countries can apply to the most AI training roles, and what do those roles pay?

Country	Open roles	Share of all open roles	Median per hour
Any country (worldwide roles only)	816	51.3%	$65
United States	1,233	77.5%	$65
India	1,054	66.2%	$65
United Kingdom	1,049	65.9%	$65
Canada	1,030	64.7%	$65
Philippines	1,004	63.1%	$65
Australia	1,003	63.0%	$65
Poland	1,000	62.9%	$65
France	999	62.8%	$65
Italy	999	62.8%	$65
Mexico	998	62.7%	$65
Singapore	997	62.7%	$65
Switzerland	996	62.6%	$65
Germany	995	62.5%	$65
Belgium	993	62.4%	$65
Indonesia	993	62.4%	$65
Malaysia	993	62.4%	$65
Thailand	991	62.3%	$65
Spain	990	62.2%	$65
Portugal	990	62.2%	$65
Romania	988	62.1%	$65
Türkiye	988	62.1%	$65
Czechia	987	62.0%	$65
New Zealand	986	62.0%	$65
Lithuania	985	61.9%	$65
Peru	985	61.9%	$65
Sweden	985	61.9%	$65
South Africa	985	61.9%	$65
Bulgaria	984	61.8%	$65
Latvia	984	61.8%	$65
Netherlands	984	61.8%	$65
Costa Rica	983	61.8%	$65
Algeria	983	61.8%	$65
Pakistan	983	61.8%	$65
United Arab Emirates	982	61.7%	$65
Austria	982	61.7%	$65
Finland	982	61.7%	$65
Greece	982	61.7%	$65
Vietnam	982	61.7%	$65
Bosnia and Herzegovina	981	61.7%	$65
Hungary	981	61.7%	$65

Sample. 1,591 roles open at the end of 31 Aug 2026; the 40 countries with the most, of 171 named by some posting.

A country's count is the roles open worldwide, plus roles whose list names it, plus roles whose exclusion list does not. Roles with no rule stated count for no country.

Median pay is over the roles open to that country that state an hourly rate (at least 8).

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, August 2026 edition.

Figure 3

Countries named by roles limited to listed countries

When a role is limited to some countries, which countries does it name?

Country	Limited roles naming it	Share of limited roles	Open only there
United States	261	42.2%	168
India	82	13.2%	43
United Kingdom	77	12.4%	9
Canada	58	9.4%	5
Philippines	32	5.2%	18
Australia	31	5.0%	6
Poland	28	4.5%	4
France	27	4.4%	7
Italy	27	4.4%	6
Mexico	26	4.2%	6
Singapore	25	4.0%	13
Switzerland	24	3.9%	4
South Korea	24	3.9%	7
Germany	23	3.7%	2
Japan	23	3.7%	10
Argentina	22	3.6%	3
Brazil	22	3.6%	5
Belgium	21	3.4%	0
Indonesia	21	3.4%	8
Malaysia	21	3.4%	2
Thailand	19	3.1%	7
Colombia	18	2.9%	0
Egypt	18	2.9%	9
Spain	18	2.9%	9
Portugal	18	2.9%	4

Sample. 619 roles open on 31 Aug 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries; 446 of them name a single country.

Open only there: roles whose list names this country alone.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, August 2026 edition.

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Countries excluded by roles open elsewhere

Which countries are left out of roles that are otherwise open worldwide?

Country	Roles excluding it	Share of such roles
Afghanistan	156	100.0%
Argentina	156	100.0%
Bangladesh	156	100.0%
Burundi	156	100.0%
Bolivia	156	100.0%
Brazil	156	100.0%
Belarus	156	100.0%
DR Congo	156	100.0%
Central African Republic	156	100.0%
Congo (Republic)	156	100.0%
Chile	156	100.0%
China	156	100.0%
Colombia	156	100.0%
Cuba	156	100.0%
Dominican Republic	156	100.0%
Egypt	156	100.0%
Eritrea	156	100.0%
Ghana	156	100.0%
Gibraltar	156	100.0%
Haiti	156	100.0%

Sample. 156 roles open on 31 Aug 2026 that are open worldwide except listed countries.

Exclusions usually follow payment and sanctions rules: where a platform cannot pay or contract, not where it has no work.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, August 2026 edition.

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How many countries a limited role accepts

Are country-limited roles open to one country or to a region?

Countries accepted	Limited roles	Share
One country	446	72.1%
2 to 5 countries	123	19.9%
6 to 20 countries	43	6.9%
21 countries or more	7	1.1%

Sample. 619 roles open on 31 Aug 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, August 2026 edition.

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  title = {Where AI Training Work Is Open, August 2026 edition},
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