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This week in AI training jobs

New roles, the best-paid ones, who posted most and which fields moved, from the platforms' own job boards. The current week updates every hour; past weeks are kept as they were.

Every role re‑checked hourly Last updated 22 October 2026

Quick answer So far this week, 134 new AI training roles were posted on the platforms we were already reading and 425 closed. 5,237 roles are open now, with a median stated pay of $60 an hour. Updated 22 October 2026

The week in numbers

So far this week (19 October to 25 October 2026): 134 new roles on the platforms we were already reading, and 425 roles closed or taken down. Open roles went from 4,130 to 5,237, including 1,212 from platforms added to the site this week. The median stated pay stayed at $60 an hour.

134new roles
425closed or taken down
5,237open roles now
$60/hrmedian stated pay

Best-paid new roles

The new roles this week with the highest stated hourly rate, one per title.

  1. $150–200/hr Machine Learning Expert · Mercor
  2. $120/hr AI Trainer - Mechanical Engineers - CAD Expertise · Prolific
  3. $120/hr AI Trainer - Electrical Engineers - CAD/Python Expertise · Prolific
  4. $120/hr AI Trainer – Aerospace Engineers - CAD Expertise · Prolific
  5. $100–115/hr Inpatient Care Physician (MD/DO) · micro1
  6. $60–120/hr Life Sciences Research Expert (Python) · micro1
  7. $88/hr Paid Conversation Study · Mindrift
  8. $80–90/hr Structural Engineering Expert – Building Design & AI Quality Review · Alignerr
  9. $80–90/hr Structural Engineering Expert: Building Design and Quality Review · Alignerr
  10. $40–120/hr Portuguese Language Expert · Alignerr

Who posted the most

New roles by platform this week, on platforms we were already reading.

  1. Mindrift
    43 new
  2. Alignerr
    14 new
  3. micro1
    14 new
  4. Prolific
    14 new
  5. RWS TrainAI
    11 new
  6. Mercor
    8 new
  7. Volga Partners
    7 new
  8. Appen
    5 new

Fields that moved

Change in open roles by each role's main field over the week. Platforms added to the site this week count here, so a jump can be new coverage rather than new hiring.

  • +359 Voice & audio (549 to 908)
  • +150 Finance & accounting (282 to 432)
  • +121 AI evaluation & rating (260 to 381)
  • −6 Writing (75 to 69)
  • −6 Red-teaming & safety (76 to 70)
  • −5 Data annotation (234 to 229)

Platforms added to the site

Their open roles are counted from the day we added them, not as new hiring.

10x Team (107), Aptura (26), HumanSignal (34), Jobgether (12), JT AI Labs (144), Lifted, an Upwork Company (43), Lilt (371), Lionbridge AI Data Training (50), Perle (63), TELUS Digital AI Community (14), TSMG (160), Turing (188)

Past weeks

This is the first week of the summary. Each week is kept here once it ends.

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