Key findings
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Figure 1
Rate card for roles open to US residents
Like for like on geography: for roles a US resident can apply to, what does each platform advertise per hour?
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Sample. 0 roles open to US residents, open at the end of 30 Sep 2026, that state an hourly rate. A platform's median is shown where at least 3 of its roles in the row state one; n/a otherwise.
Advertised pay: the hourly figure a posting states (the middle of a stated range). What a worker is paid can differ with tiers, bonuses and rejected tasks.
Columns are the 0 platforms with the most published medians in this table; "All platforms" counts every platform's priced roles in the row.
Only roles a resident of the United States may apply to (open worldwide, listing the US, or not excluding it), so a platform hiring mostly in lower-cost countries is compared on the same ground.
Source. AITraining.jobs Research, The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition.
Figure 2
Rate card by kind of work
For each kind of AI training work, what does each platform advertise per hour?
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Sample. 0 roles, open at the end of 30 Sep 2026, that state an hourly rate. A platform's median is shown where at least 3 of its roles in the row state one; n/a otherwise.
Advertised pay: the hourly figure a posting states (the middle of a stated range). What a worker is paid can differ with tiers, bonuses and rejected tasks.
Columns are the 0 platforms with the most published medians in this table; "All platforms" counts every platform's priced roles in the row.
Source. AITraining.jobs Research, The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition.
Figure 3
Rate card by expert field
For each profession or discipline named in a title, what does each platform advertise per hour?
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Sample. Roles whose title names an expert field, open at the end of 30 Sep 2026, that state an hourly rate. A platform's median is shown where at least 3 of its roles in the row state one; n/a otherwise.
Advertised pay: the hourly figure a posting states (the middle of a stated range). What a worker is paid can differ with tiers, bonuses and rejected tasks.
Columns are the 0 platforms with the most published medians in this table; "All platforms" counts every platform's priced roles in the row.
Source. AITraining.jobs Research, The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition.
Figure 4
Rate card by language
For each language named in a title, what does each platform advertise per hour?
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Sample. Roles whose title names a language, open at the end of 30 Sep 2026, that state an hourly rate. A platform's median is shown where at least 3 of its roles in the row state one; n/a otherwise.
Advertised pay: the hourly figure a posting states (the middle of a stated range). What a worker is paid can differ with tiers, bonuses and rejected tasks.
Columns are the 0 platforms with the most published medians in this table; "All platforms" counts every platform's priced roles in the row.
Source. AITraining.jobs Research, The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition.
Figure 5
How much the platform changes the rate for the same work
For the same work, how far apart are the best- and worst-paying platforms?
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Sample. Groups in which at least two platforms each have 3 or more open roles stating an hourly rate, on 30 Sep 2026.
A spread compares platform medians, not individual roles: one platform can pay a wide range within the same work.
Across all roles a spread also reflects where each platform hires: many set lower rates in lower-cost countries. The rate card for roles open to US residents compares like for like.
Source. AITraining.jobs Research, The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition.
Figure 6
Which platform advertises the most for each kind of work
Which platforms pay the top rate in the most kinds of AI training work?
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Sample. Kinds of work with at least two platforms each advertising an hourly rate on 3 or more open roles, on 30 Sep 2026.
Source. AITraining.jobs Research, The AI Training Rate Card, September 2026 edition.
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- The median advertised hourly rate of a platform's open roles in a group that state one, published only with at least 3 such roles (the one minimum of every median).
- 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.
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@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://cyberjobs.cc/research/ai-training-rate-card/2026-09}},
}More research
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