The State of AI Training Pay, 2026

Every figure in this report is measured from the live job feeds of the 0 platforms hiring now (of the 86 platforms AITraining.jobs tracks in total), refreshed every hour. We read the hourly rate a role actually advertises, dedupe repeated listings of the same role at the same rate on the same platform, and exclude advertised maximums (“up to $X/hr”) because a ceiling is not an observed wage.

“Typical” pay runs from the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each advertised range) to the 90th-percentile advertised ceiling, so it includes the well-paid expert tier, and every band in this report (the market’s, each kind of work’s, each platform’s) is measured that same way from its own open roles, the figure its list on the job board states. A kind of work is reported as a market rate only when its rate spans at least three platforms, so no single vendor’s rate card is presented as the going rate. Figures last refreshed 25 Jul 2026. Read the full methodology.