AI training jobs, 19 October to 25 October 2026

The week in numbers

From 19 October to 25 October 2026: 595 new roles on the platforms we already tracked, and 623 roles closed or taken down. Open roles went from 4,130 to 5,856, including 1,678 from platforms added to the site this week. The median stated pay moved from $60 to $65 an hour.

Best-paid new roles

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

1. $350/h Radiologist · Mercor
2. $350/h Cardiologist · Mercor
3. $350/h Orthopedic Surgeon · Mercor
4. $350/h CTO / Head of AI Expert (closed since) · Ethos
5. $350/h Enterprise Seller of Open-Weight AI Models Expert (closed since) · Ethos
6. $350/h Shadow AI & SaaS Visibility (Mid-Market) Expert (closed since) · Ethos
7. $300/h Creative Advisor - Human Frontier Collective (US) · Scale AI
8. $275/h Dermatologist · Mercor
9. $140–400/h Investment Funds & Asset Management Attorney · micro1
10. $140–400/h Venture Capital & Corporate Attorney · micro1

Platforms with the most new roles

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

1. Ethos
   209 new
2. Mindrift
   121 new
3. micro1
   64 new
4. RWS TrainAI
   39 new
5. Mercor
   34 new
6. Alignerr
   15 new
7. JT AI Labs
   14 new
8. Prolific
   14 new

Change by field

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.

• +404 Other expertise (524 to 928)
• +351 Voice & audio (549 to 900)
• +219 AI evaluation & rating (260 to 479)
• −2 Education & teaching (17 to 15)
• −1 Red-teaming & safety (76 to 75)

Platforms added to the site

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

10x Team (107), Aligned (15), amazon-agi (0), Aptura (27), Askable (3), BeatpulseLabs (1), Besimple AI (1), Chemin (19), CNTXT AI (22), CVAT (1), Ethos (316), Fleet AI (2), HumanSignal (26), Jobgether (9), JT AI Labs (142), Label Your Data (4), Lifted, an Upwork Company (41), Lilt (371), Lionbridge AI Data Training (49), mistral (0), mpathic (11), Patronus AI (6), Perle (63), Poindexter Labs (1), Remote Talent Cloud (1), Sepal AI (59), Smallest.ai (4), TELUS Digital AI Community (21), TSMG (158), Turing (166), Vals AI (1), Verita AI (31)