What it means
A rectangle drawn around an object in an image or video frame, with a label such as “car” or “pedestrian”. One of the most common image-labelling tasks.
Used in: Data annotation roles.
In open roles right now
13 of the open roles we list mention “bounding box” in the title or description, on 11 platforms (as of 23 October 2026).
Most of them on: SuperAnnotate (3), Aptura (1), Chemin (1), Claru (1), HumanSignal (1), JT AI Labs (1), and 5 more.
Data Annotation Specialist - Object DetectionVolga Partners·United States·Full-time
$14–15/hr3 days ago
Video Data Annotation SpecialistTuring·Location not stated·Flexible hours
Pay set per project14 days ago
Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Datamicro1·United States·Part-time
$20–60/hr16 days ago
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Radiologist - Chest CT AnnotationAptura·3 countries·Flexible hours·MD
Pay set per project1 month ago
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Image Annotation - Remote WorkChemin·3 countries
Pay set per project1 month ago
Data Annotator | Architectural ProjectLabel Your Data·9 countries·Full-time
Pay set per project2 months ago
Related terms
AnnotationAdding information to raw data so a model can learn from it: tags on text, boxes on images, timestamps on audio.LabellingPutting a category or tag on a piece of data: an image, a sentence, a search result, a clip of audio.LiDARA sensor that measures distance with laser pulses and produces a 3D “point cloud”.SegmentationMarking the exact outline of objects in an image, pixel by pixel, rather than drawing a box round them. ← BenchmarkPrevious term, A to Z. Chain of thought →Next term, A to Z. The whole glossaryEvery term on one page, A to Z.Open →