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A service counts only beside a pay word ('paid via', 'payouts through'): a PayPal account asked for as data to share does not.","Every row is listed, also at zero, so a service no description names reads as none."]},{"id":"pay-conditions","title":"Conditions and extras of pay","question":"Is robot training pay tied to finished tasks, and do roles offer bonuses or paid screening?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Term stated","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles stating it","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of roles read","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"platforms","label":"Employers","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"per-output","cells":{"group":"Paid per task or other output","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"per-output-hourly","cells":{"group":"Of them, also advertising an hourly rate","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"any-bonus","cells":{"group":"A bonus or incentive (any)","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"bonus-performance","cells":{"group":"Performance or quality bonus","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"bonus-referral","cells":{"group":"Referral bonus","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"bonus-sign-on","cells":{"group":"Sign-on bonus","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"incentive","cells":{"group":"Incentive or surge pay","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"paid-screening","cells":{"group":"A paid assessment, pilot, interview or onboarding","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"unpaid-screening","cells":{"group":"An unpaid assessment or trial","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}},{"key":"up-to","cells":{"group":"An 'up to' pay figure","roles":0,"share":null,"platforms":0}}],"sample":"0 roles open on 9 Oct 2026 whose job board publishes a full description (), 0.0% of all open roles.","notes":["Paid per task or other output: the description says pay is per task, submission or asset (usually one that is approved, accepted or meets the project's specifications), or that compensation is output- or task-based. Such roles may still advertise an hourly figure, as an estimate of what the tasks pay.","A bonus counts when the description offers one (a referral, quality, milestone, speed or sign-on bonus, performance incentives, surge pay); 'a second language is a bonus' does not. 'No unpaid assessment' is not counted as an unpaid assessment."]},{"id":"per-task-rates","title":"Per-task rates","question":"What does a task pay when robot training work is paid per task?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles quoting a per-task rate","unit":"count"},{"key":"median","label":"Median per task","unit":"usd","bar":true},{"key":"span","label":"Lowest to highest","unit":"text"},{"key":"titles","label":"Roles","unit":"text","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"all","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"All kinds of work","roles":0,"median":null,"span":"n/a","titles":"n/a"}}],"sample":"0 roles open at the end of 9 Oct 2026 whose compensation text quotes a US dollar rate per task.","notes":["Each role counts once, at the middle of its range. Medians need at least 8 roles; 'up to' figures are left out.","A task can take minutes or a working day: the descriptions of these roles estimate from under an hour to more than ten hours a task, so a per-task rate is not comparable with an hourly one."]}]}