How Robot Training Work Is Paid

Method and definitions

The public job boards of the robot training employers and programs this site tracks, read every day: each open role's compensation text and employment type, and the full description of every open role whose board publishes one. Every figure is computed by one database query over the window shown, the same query for the live report and for every edition. Each figure states its sample beneath it.

Pay unit

Read from the compensation text a posting publishes: the first unit it names ('/hr', 'per task', 'fixed', 'per year'). A figure with no unit ('$400') is counted as such, never assigned one. 'Fixed' is a fixed price for the whole job.

Currency

A '$' is read as US dollars, the currency the boards publish it in; a code ('EUR 31850 per year') is read as written. Other currencies are never converted.

Range, single figure, up to, from

A range gives two different figures; a single figure gives one (or a range whose ends are equal); 'up to' gives only a ceiling; 'from' only a floor.

Engagement type

The employment-type field a job board publishes, normalised: contract; freelance or independent contractor; hourly; task-based; part-time; full-time; direct hire. A field naming no engagement type, or no field, is not stated.

Per-task rate

A US dollar figure the compensation text quotes per task (the middle of a range). Medians need at least 8 roles; 'up to' figures are left out.

Payout schedule and service

Read from a full description only where tied to pay: 'paid weekly via Stripe' counts, a weekly sync does not.

Paid per task or other output

The description says pay is per task, submission, video or asset (usually one approved or accepted), or that compensation is output- or task-based.

Described roles

Roles open at the end of the window whose job board publishes a full description. Each figure read from descriptions states how many roles and employers that is.

Open role

A role listed by a given day and still in its employer's feed that day.

Window

Live: the last 28 complete days, in UTC. Edition: one calendar month, in UTC.

What this data cannot tell you

• Many employers post one description per city, so a large employer's template weighs on every share read from descriptions.
• A posting states pay as its board publishes it: what a worker is paid after overtime, shift differentials or bonuses is not known, and an hourly figure on a role paid per video or task is an estimate.
• A description that does not mention a term counts as not stating it; employers may pay weekly or through a service they do not name in the posting.
• Engagement types are what each board's own field says, and boards use the field differently.
• Employers that recruit without a public job board are not counted.

How the job feeds are read and roles are classified: site methodology. How fresh, complete and consistent the data is, checked every day: data quality and coverage.

Editions

The live report covers the last 28 complete days and changes every day. Each complete month is also published as an edition, frozen two days after the month ends, so a figure you cite from an edition never moves.

• Live dataLast 28 complete days, recomputed daily

Cite and reuse

Free to quote, chart and republish under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page. Live figures change daily: cite a monthly edition for numbers that will read the same later, or keep the access date.

@misc{robottrainingjobs_how_robot_training_work_is_paid_live,
  author = {{RobotTraining.jobs}},
  title = {How Robot Training Work Is Paid (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://robottraining.jobs/research/how-robot-training-work-is-paid}},
  note = {Accessed 10 Oct 2026},
}

Data: all figures as CSV (one line per value) or JSON. Every figure also downloads on its own. More open data: datasets and API.

More research

• How Robot Training Roles Advertise PayHow often do robot training roles state their pay, how are the rates distributed and how wide are the ranges?Read the report
• Where Robot Training Work Is OpenWho may apply to robot training roles, country by country?Read the report
• Robot Training Pay TrendsIs the advertised rate for each kind of robot training work rising or falling?Read the report
• What Raises Robot Training PayWhich traits of a robot training role come with higher advertised pay, compared within the same kind of work?Read the report
• On-Site Robot Training WorkHow much robot training work is on-site rather than at home, where is it, and what is it?Read the report
• The Robot Training Jobs IndexIs the market for human robot training work growing, week by week?Read the report
• The State of Robot Training PayWhat does robot training work pay, by kind of work and by employer?Read the report

All 47 research reports