Key findings

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37.7% of the 2,729 roles open on 30 Sep 2026 accepted applicants from any country; 55.0% were limited to listed countries and 7.3% excluded some.
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Red-Teaming & AI Safety was the most open to the world (73.7% of roles open worldwide); Research Studies & Surveys the least (12.5%).
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Residents of the United States (1,930), India (1,658) and Germany (1,485) could apply to the most open roles; a resident of a country no posting names could apply to the 1,029 worldwide roles.
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The United States was named by 46.8% of the roles limited to listed countries, and 62.6% of limited roles accepted a single country.
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Every one of the 198 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	37.7%	7.3%	55.0%	0.0%	2,729
Red-Teaming & AI Safety	73.7%	2.6%	23.7%	0.0%	38
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)	70.5%	0.9%	28.6%	0.0%	227
Robotics & Physical-AI Data	61.5%	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	39
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments	53.7%	0.0%	46.3%	0.0%	54
Math & STEM	44.1%	9.5%	46.4%	0.0%	220
Coding & Software Evaluation	42.6%	3.2%	54.2%	0.0%	251
Writing & Content	41.5%	7.3%	48.8%	2.4%	41
Law, Medicine & Finance	32.1%	17.6%	50.2%	0.0%	629
Multilingual & Localization	30.9%	0.5%	68.6%	0.0%	760
Transcription, Audio & Speech	30.7%	13.9%	55.5%	0.0%	339
Data Annotation & Labeling	20.9%	0.9%	78.3%	0.0%	115
Research Studies & Surveys	12.5%	0.0%	87.5%	0.0%	16

Sample. 2,729 roles open at the end of 30 Sep 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, September 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)	1,029	37.7%	$60
United States	1,930	70.7%	$63
India	1,658	60.8%	$60
Germany	1,485	54.4%	$60
United Kingdom	1,484	54.4%	$60
Pakistan	1,480	54.2%	$60
Canada	1,462	53.6%	$60
Philippines	1,462	53.6%	$60
Singapore	1,461	53.5%	$60
Indonesia	1,459	53.5%	$60
Malaysia	1,456	53.4%	$60
Thailand	1,448	53.1%	$60
Vietnam	1,439	52.7%	$60
France	1,436	52.6%	$60
Italy	1,421	52.1%	$60
Mexico	1,421	52.1%	$60
Sri Lanka	1,420	52.0%	$60
Spain	1,416	51.9%	$60
Switzerland	1,409	51.6%	$60
Belgium	1,408	51.6%	$60
Netherlands	1,406	51.5%	$60
Portugal	1,405	51.5%	$60
Austria	1,395	51.1%	$60
Denmark	1,395	51.1%	$60
Greece	1,391	51.0%	$60
United Arab Emirates	1,389	50.9%	$60
Kenya	1,387	50.8%	$60
Taiwan	1,386	50.8%	$60
Peru	1,383	50.7%	$60
South Africa	1,377	50.5%	$60
Algeria	1,374	50.3%	$60
Morocco	1,373	50.3%	$60
Kazakhstan	1,370	50.2%	$60
Qatar	1,370	50.2%	$60
Kuwait	1,368	50.1%	$60
Oman	1,368	50.1%	$60
Uzbekistan	1,368	50.1%	$60
Jordan	1,367	50.1%	$60
Kyrgyzstan	1,367	50.1%	$60
Tunisia	1,366	50.1%	$60
Bahrain	1,365	50.0%	$60

Sample. 2,729 roles open at the end of 30 Sep 2026; the 40 countries with the most, of 186 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, September 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	703	46.8%	351
India	431	28.7%	91
Germany	258	17.2%	11
United Kingdom	257	17.1%	15
Bangladesh	255	17.0%	1
Pakistan	253	16.9%	4
Brazil	243	16.2%	12
Canada	235	15.7%	20
Philippines	235	15.7%	21
Singapore	234	15.6%	15
Indonesia	232	15.5%	11
Malaysia	229	15.3%	4
Thailand	221	14.7%	10
Vietnam	212	14.1%	8
France	209	13.9%	27
Italy	194	12.9%	17
Mexico	194	12.9%	16
Sri Lanka	193	12.9%	0
Spain	189	12.6%	17
Switzerland	182	12.1%	7
Belgium	181	12.1%	4
Egypt	181	12.1%	10
Netherlands	179	11.9%	8
Portugal	178	11.9%	5
Japan	172	11.5%	24

Sample. 1,501 roles open on 30 Sep 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries; 940 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, September 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	198	100.0%
Argentina	198	100.0%
Bangladesh	198	100.0%
Burundi	198	100.0%
Bolivia	198	100.0%
Brazil	198	100.0%
Belarus	198	100.0%
DR Congo	198	100.0%
Central African Republic	198	100.0%
Congo (Republic)	198	100.0%
Chile	198	100.0%
China	198	100.0%
Colombia	198	100.0%
Cuba	198	100.0%
Dominican Republic	198	100.0%
Egypt	198	100.0%
Eritrea	198	100.0%
Ghana	198	100.0%
Gibraltar	198	100.0%
Haiti	198	100.0%

Sample. 198 roles open on 30 Sep 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, September 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	940	62.6%
2 to 5 countries	268	17.9%
6 to 20 countries	127	8.5%
21 countries or more	166	11.1%

Sample. 1,501 roles open on 30 Sep 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries.

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

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  author = {{AITraining.jobs}},
  title = {Where AI Training Work Is Open, September 2026 edition},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://www.aitraining.team/research/where-ai-training-work-is-open/2026-09}},
}

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