AI training jobs

AI training jobs, also called annotation or AI trainer roles, are the most common way into AI work without a technical background. 250 live postings carry annotation, labeling, or trainer in the title, out of 26,929 AI-related jobs tracked, concentrated at a small number of specialized employers rather than spread across the market.

The number this article rests on: 250 live postings carry annotation, labeling, or AI trainer in the title, out of 26,929 AI-related jobs tracked in the catalogue. Measured September 2026.

Annotation and AI training postings sit at the entry end of the AI job market: rating model outputs, labeling data, writing example conversations for a model to learn from. This page counts who is hiring, whether a degree shows up in the requirements, how much of the work is remote, and what Level can and cannot say about pay for this specific title.

Do AI training and annotation jobs require a degree?

A degree is mentioned in 4,781 of 26,929 live AI-related postings, a 17.8% share, read from the job description rather than a formal requirement. Level does not isolate a degree count for annotation postings specifically, so the catalogue-wide figure is the only honest number: most AI-related work, annotation included, does not name a degree at all. Measured September 2026.

That figure describes the whole catalogue, not a promise about any single posting. A specific annotation listing can still ask for a degree; the number above says most, across all of AI hiring, do not.

Can AI training and annotation jobs be done remotely?

Across the whole catalogue, 13,225 of 26,929 live AI-related postings are remote, a 49.1% share, read from each posting's own location field. Level does not track remote share by title for annotation jobs specifically, but the wider data category, where much of this work is classified, runs at 63.1% remote. Measured September 2026.

Annotation work is, by its nature, computer-based and rarely tied to an office. The site-wide number is the one to trust when a specific annotation posting does not state its location policy, since no title-specific figure exists for it.

How much do AI training jobs pay?

Level tracks no salary median for the annotation and AI training title specifically, since that metric is not computed at that level of detail. The closest published figure is the data category, where median maximum salary is $250,000 on 422 USD postings, detailed on the data AI jobs salary page. Measured September 2026.

Treat that category figure as a ceiling, not a quote for annotation work itself: the data category includes far better-paid engineering and analytics titles alongside annotation and labeling roles, so its median sits well above what an entry-level annotation posting is likely to offer.

Who is hiring for AI training jobs?

The largest employers for annotation and AI training postings, this month, are Jobgether (241), Cohere (4), and Datadog (1). Across the whole catalogue, 250 live postings carry annotation, labeling, or trainer in the title. The market concentrates at a handful of specialized vendors, not spread evenly across typical employers the way most AI hiring is. Measured September 2026.

That concentration cuts both ways: a small number of employers post the bulk of annotation work, so a job search here means watching a short list of companies rather than the whole market, and the list can shift from month to month as contracts change.

Is AI training a way into an entry-level AI job?

Yes, by the seniority tags. 772 live postings are junior and 188 intern across the whole catalogue, out of 26,929, and annotation and AI training roles are commonly the easiest entry point since they rarely ask for a coding background. Measured September 2026.

Two related pages carry the detail behind that entry-level question: Are there entry-level data AI jobs? breaks down the wider data category, and the Level 1 hub lists every live posting where AI is a tool rather than the subject of the work, a different but adjacent entry path.

The jobs right now

Generated from the live catalogue, not written: postings matching annotation, labeling, or trainer, newest first. It changes every six hours.

Browse the wider data category for related roles, or the Level 1 hub for postings where AI is used rather than built.

Method

• Scope: live postings in the Level catalogue whose title contains "annotat", "trainer", or "label", plus the data category for wider context.
• Sample: 26,929 live jobs, of which 11,953 publish a salary and 10,606 publish it in USD.
• Measured: September 2026, from the live catalogue at jobsbylevel.com, refreshed every six hours.
• Currency: USD only, no conversions. Medians are on the posted maximum unless stated.
• Not measured: no salary median exists for the annotation title specifically; seniority is unknown on 7,487 postings.