The AI Training Rate Card

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.

Platform median

The median advertised hourly rate of a platform's open roles in a group that state one, published only with at least 5 such roles.

Like for like

The rate card for roles open to US residents compares platforms on the same geography: many set lower rates in lower-cost countries.

Highest over lowest

The best-paying platform's median divided by the worst-paying platform's, among platforms with a published median.

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.

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.

Location rule

Read from each posting's location text and, where that names no country, from what the posting's own description states: open worldwide, worldwide except listed countries, only listed countries, or no rule stated.

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 tiers, bonuses or rejected tasks.
• A platform median covers the roles it lists in that group; two platforms' roles in one group can still differ in seniority and difficulty.

How the job feeds are read and roles are classified: site methodology. How fresh, complete and consistent the data is, checked every day: data quality and coverage.

Editions

The live report covers the last 28 complete days and changes every day. Each complete month is also published as an edition, frozen two days after the month ends, so a figure you cite from an edition never moves.

• Live dataLast 28 complete days, recomputed daily
• September 2026 edition (this page)Frozen 11 Oct 2026
• August 2026 editionFrozen 11 Oct 2026

Cite and reuse

Free to quote, chart and republish under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page. This edition is frozen, so its figures will read the same later.

@misc{aitrainingjobs_ai_training_rate_card_2026_09,
  author = {{AITraining.jobs}},
  title = {The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.aitraining.run/research/ai-training-rate-card/2026-09}},
}

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