{"name":"How Long Robot Training Roles Stay Open (live data, 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)","question":"How long do robot training roles stay listed, and which kinds of work turn over fastest?","source":"The public job boards of the robot training employers and programs this site tracks, read every day since 12 Sep 2026.","publisher":"RobotTraining.jobs","url":"https://robottraining.jobs/research/how-long-robot-training-roles-stay-open","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","citation":"RobotTraining.jobs (2026). How Long Robot Training Roles Stay Open (live data, 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/how-long-robot-training-roles-stay-open (accessed 10 Oct 2026)","frozen_at":null,"report":"how-long-robot-training-roles-stay-open","method":1,"edition":null,"window":{"from":"2026-09-14","to":"2026-10-09","days":26},"computedAt":"2026-10-10T21:13:49.522Z","summary":"More than half of the robot training roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 were still listed at the end of the observation.","stats":[{"id":"evergreen","value":"76%","label":"of open roles listed 60+ days","figure":"evergreen-roles"}],"findings":[{"id":"median-lifetime","figure":"survival-curve","text":"More than half of the 85 robot training roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 were still listed 18 days after going up, so their median lifetime is longer than the time observed."},{"id":"evergreen","figure":"evergreen-roles","text":"566 of the 745 roles open on 10 Oct 2026 (76.0%) had been listed for 60 days or more, the most in Egocentric & Wearable Capture (90.4% of its open roles)."},{"id":"weekly-churn","figure":"weekly-churn","text":"In the median complete week, 4.0% of the open roles came down (from 2.2% to 4.1% across 3 weeks); the highest was the week of 28 Sep to 4 Oct."}],"figures":[{"id":"survival-curve","title":"How many roles are still listed, week by week","question":"What share of robot training roles is still listed one, two, four or eight weeks after it goes up?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"age","label":"Age of the listing","unit":"text"},{"key":"listed","label":"Still listed","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"observed","label":"Roles listed at least that long ago","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"risk","label":"Of them still listed","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"week-1","axis":"1 wk","thin":false,"cells":{"age":"After 1 week","listed":91.6,"observed":54,"risk":49}},{"key":"week-2","axis":"2 wk","thin":true,"cells":{"age":"After 2 weeks","listed":91.6,"observed":28,"risk":25}},{"key":"week-3","axis":"3 wk","thin":true,"cells":{"age":"After 3 weeks","listed":87.6,"observed":10,"risk":8}},{"key":"week-4","axis":"4 wk","thin":true,"cells":{"age":"After 4 weeks","listed":null,"observed":0,"risk":0}},{"key":"week-6","axis":"6 wk","thin":true,"cells":{"age":"After 6 weeks","listed":null,"observed":0,"risk":0}},{"key":"week-8","axis":"8 wk","thin":true,"cells":{"age":"After 8 weeks","listed":null,"observed":0,"risk":0}}],"sample":"85 roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 with a known listing date, 6 of them removed by 10 Oct 2026; back catalogues left out.","notes":["Kaplan-Meier estimate: a role that has come down ends at its last sighting; a role still listed is counted for as long as it has been seen, then leaves the count without being treated as removed.","Age runs from the listing date the job board states (or the first day the role appeared in the feed, if earlier or not stated), in hours. A role first seen more than 2 days after that date surfaced in the feed late and is counted only from the age at which it was first seen; within 2 days it is the daily read catching up and the role counts from its listing day.","A share needs at least 10 roles listed at least that long before 10 Oct 2026; ages the cohort has not reached yet read n/a. Points resting on fewer than 30 such roles are marked as a small sample."]},{"id":"lifetime-by-kind","title":"How long roles stay listed, by kind of work","question":"Which kinds of robot training work turn over fastest, and which stay listed longest?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles listed","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"w2","label":"Still listed after 2 weeks","unit":"percent"},{"key":"w4","label":"After 4 weeks","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"w8","label":"After 8 weeks","unit":"percent","secondary":true},{"key":"median","label":"Median lifetime (days)","unit":"decimal","decimals":1}],"rows":[{"key":"all","cells":{"group":"All kinds of work","roles":85,"w2":91.6,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","roles":25,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","roles":9,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"egocentric-wearable","href":"/roles/egocentric-wearable","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture","roles":5,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","roles":3,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","roles":37,"w2":97.2,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","roles":5,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null}}],"sample":"85 roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 with a known listing date, by the kind of work they are classified as.","notes":["Shares still listed and the median lifetime are Kaplan-Meier estimates, so roles still listed count for as long as they have been seen.","Median lifetime n/a: more than half of the group's roles were still listed at the oldest age it can be read at, so its median is not reached yet (it is longer than the time observed), or fewer than 10 of its roles were listed long enough ago to read it. A share reads n/a when fewer than 10 of the group's roles were listed that long ago.","Kinds of work with fewer than 30 roles listed are marked as a small sample."]},{"id":"lifetime-by-platform","title":"How long roles stay listed, by employer","question":"On which employers do robot training roles come down fastest?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Employer","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles listed","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"w2","label":"Still listed after 2 weeks","unit":"percent"},{"key":"w4","label":"After 4 weeks","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"w8","label":"After 8 weeks","unit":"percent","secondary":true},{"key":"median","label":"Median lifetime (days)","unit":"decimal","decimals":1},{"key":"relisted","label":"Removed roles re-listed within 14 days","unit":"percent","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"avride","href":"/platforms/avride","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Avride","roles":28,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"micro1","href":"/platforms/micro1","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"micro1","roles":12,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"tsmg","href":"/platforms/tsmg","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"TSMG","roles":9,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"wayve","href":"/platforms/wayve","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Wayve","roles":5,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"anduril-industries","href":"/platforms/anduril-industries","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Anduril Industries","roles":4,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"aurora","href":"/platforms/aurora","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Aurora Innovation","roles":4,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"cobot","href":"/platforms/cobot","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Collaborative Robotics","roles":3,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"serve-robotics","href":"/platforms/serve-robotics","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Serve Robotics","roles":3,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"waymo","href":"/platforms/waymo","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Waymo","roles":3,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"genesis","href":"/platforms/genesis","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Genesis AI","roles":2,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"kodiak","href":"/platforms/kodiak","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Kodiak AI","roles":2,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"motional","href":"/platforms/motional","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Motional","roles":2,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"figure","href":"/platforms/figure","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Figure AI","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"humanoid","href":"/platforms/humanoid","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Humanoid","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"nimble-robotics","href":"/platforms/nimble-robotics","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Nimble Robotics","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"nuro","href":"/platforms/nuro","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Nuro","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"shield-ai","href":"/platforms/shield-ai","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Shield AI","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"skild-ai","href":"/platforms/skild-ai","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Skild AI","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"stack-av","href":"/platforms/stack-av","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Stack AV","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}},{"key":"vay","href":"/platforms/vay","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Vay","roles":1,"w2":null,"w4":null,"w8":null,"median":null,"relisted":null}}],"sample":"85 roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026 with a known listing date, by the employer that lists them. Listings only.","notes":["Median lifetime n/a: more than half of the group's roles were still listed at the oldest age it can be read at, so its median is not reached yet (it is longer than the time observed), or fewer than 10 of its roles were listed long enough ago to read it. A share reads n/a when fewer than 10 of the group's roles were listed that long ago.","Re-listed: a removed role followed, within 14 days of its last sighting, by a listing with the same title on the same employer (shown when the employer has at least 10 removed roles). 16.7% of all removed roles in the cohort were. An employer that takes roles down and posts them again, for example weekly, has short lifetimes here although the opening itself may run for months; listings are counted as the feeds publish them, not merged further.","Some employers post one listing per city or country, each with its own lifetime.","Employers with fewer than 30 roles listed are marked as a small sample."]},{"id":"censoring-bias","title":"Why the removed-only median is too short","question":"How much does counting only the roles that have come down understate how long roles stay listed?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles listed","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"stillListed","label":"Still listed on 10 Oct 2026","unit":"percent"},{"key":"naive","label":"Median days, removed roles only","unit":"decimal","decimals":1},{"key":"km","label":"Median lifetime, all roles (days)","unit":"decimal","decimals":1,"bar":true}],"rows":[{"key":"all","cells":{"group":"All kinds of work","roles":85,"stillListed":92.9,"naive":null,"km":null}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","roles":37,"stillListed":94.6,"naive":null,"km":null}}],"sample":"The same 85 roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026; kinds of work with at least 30 roles.","notes":["Removed roles only: the median days from listing to last sighting among the roles that have already come down, the measure a 'median days listed' in a hiring report states. It cannot see the roles still listed, which are the longer-lived ones, so it comes out short, the more so the more roles are still up.","All roles: the Kaplan-Meier median, which counts every role still listed for as long as it has been seen.","Median lifetime n/a: more than half of the group's roles were still listed at the oldest age it can be read at, so its median is not reached yet (it is longer than the time observed), or fewer than 10 of its roles were listed long enough ago to read it. A share reads n/a when fewer than 10 of the group's roles were listed that long ago.","A removed-only median needs at least 10 removed roles."]},{"id":"evergreen-roles","title":"Evergreen roles: open for two months or more","question":"How many of the roles open now have been listed for 60 days or more?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"open","label":"Open on 10 Oct 2026","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"evergreen","label":"Listed 60+ days","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of open roles","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"age","label":"Median age of open roles (days)","unit":"decimal","decimals":0,"secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"all","cells":{"group":"All kinds of work","open":745,"evergreen":566,"share":76,"age":97}},{"key":"egocentric-wearable","href":"/roles/egocentric-wearable","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Egocentric & Wearable Capture","open":125,"evergreen":113,"share":90.4,"age":79}},{"key":"av-drone-operator","href":"/roles/av-drone-operator","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"AV & Drone Operators","open":351,"evergreen":289,"share":82.3,"age":239}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","open":86,"evergreen":68,"share":79.1,"age":97}},{"key":"demonstration-collection","href":"/roles/demonstration-collection","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Data & Demonstration Collection","open":63,"evergreen":44,"share":69.8,"age":97}},{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","open":11,"evergreen":7,"share":63.6,"age":134}},{"key":"fleet-ops","href":"/roles/fleet-ops","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Robot Fleet Operations","open":99,"evergreen":42,"share":42.4,"age":48}},{"key":"embodied-annotation","href":"/roles/embodied-annotation","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"Embodied-AI Data Annotation","open":10,"evergreen":3,"share":30,"age":28}}],"sample":"745 roles open on 10 Oct 2026, of every listing date, back catalogues included.","notes":["Evergreen: open on 10 Oct 2026 and listed at least 60 days before it.","A back-catalogue role whose board states no listing date is aged from the first day this site saw it, so its age, and the count of evergreen roles, is a floor.","Kinds of work with fewer than 10 open roles are marked as a small sample."]},{"id":"weekly-churn","title":"Weekly churn of open roles","question":"What share of the open robot training roles comes down each week?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"churn","label":"Share removed in the week","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"open","label":"Open at the week's start","unit":"count"},{"key":"removed","label":"Of them removed","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"new","label":"New listings in the week","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","churn":2.2,"open":647,"removed":14,"new":9}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","churn":4,"open":642,"removed":26,"new":21}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","churn":4.1,"open":687,"removed":28,"new":30}}],"sample":"Every complete ISO week (Monday to Sunday, UTC) from 14 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, on the employers already tracked at each week's start.","notes":["Churn: of the roles open at 00:00 UTC on the Monday, the share last seen during that week and gone from the feed by the end of the observation. Roles listed and removed within the same week are not in the rate; they are counted among the new listings.","Each week counts only employers tracked before it began, so an employer added to the dataset never reads as churn or growth.","An employer that takes a batch of roles down at once (a project closing, a board reorganised) shows as a single high week."]}]}