An AI trainer writes, rates, or labels the examples a model learns from. 80 live postings describe that work under annotation, labeling, rater, or trainer titles; 47 are remote and 13 are rated Little AI or Uses AI. The biggest poster is xAI with 22 openings. Measured October 2026.
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Every figure above is computed from the live postings on Level at the time of measurement, October 2026. Each posting is read for how much of the daily work is AI, then rated from Little AI to Builds AI. Salaries use the posting's own range, in US dollars only. Numbers are recomputed monthly and the page is updated when they move by more than 10 percent.
The live figures on this page count postings whose title mentions annotation, labeling, rating, AI trainer or AI tutor, or model and response evaluation. They were read from the database on October 2026 and are refreshed every ten minutes. A posting that describes the work under another title is not counted. Pay figures appear only above ten postings, with hourly rates and annual salaries kept apart. These counts describe postings, not the companies behind them.
Most requested skills: AI evaluation (25), AI data labeling (20), data annotation (13), quality assurance (8), computer vision (7)
Most named tools: Python (10), LLM (4), LLMs (3), Claude (2), Claude Code (2)
Top employers: xAI (22), micro1 (10), Johnson & Johnson (6), Cohere (5), Mistral AI (4)
| Pay type | Median | Range | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate | $40/hr | $40/hr to $58/hr (p25 to p75) | 29 |
| Annual salary | $248k | $203k to $290k (p25 to p75) | 14 |
Measured on October 31, 2026. Method: live data annotation and ai training postings that publish a pay range, using the midpoint of each range and the most common currency, with no conversion. Hourly rates and annual salaries are counted separately; amounts whose period is unclear are excluded. No figure is shown below 10 postings. How we measure.
