Robot Training Jobs in October 2026: The Month in Data

Across the 58 employers followed throughout, open roles moved up 1.6%: roughly 717 in the week of 5 Oct 2026, 728 by the week of 19 Oct 2026.Finding 1

Over the latest week, employers posted roughly 75 new roles per week, compared with 8 per week in the preceding week (+837.5%).Finding 2

AV & Drone Operators had more open roles than any other kind of robot training work on 31 Oct 2026: 544 of 1,150 (47.3%).Finding 1

On 31 Oct 2026, TSMG had the biggest slice of open roles at 43.7%; together the top five employers held 69.4%.Finding 2

As of 31 Oct 2026, 1,150 robot training roles were live on 100 employers' job boards; TSMG held the largest share (43.7%) and Anduril Industries posted the top median rate ($44/hr).Summary

TSMG (43.7%), Tesla (14.8%) and Amazon Prime Air (5.1%) had the most roles open on 31 Oct 2026. Together, the top five of the 100 employers accounted for 69.4% of every open role.Finding 1

Among the 22 employers posting 3 or more priced roles, Anduril Industries came out on top with a median of $44/hr and Welo Data at the bottom with $4/hr.Finding 2

As of 31 Oct 2026, robot training listings as a whole were moderately concentrated (HHI 2,197, 100 employers); concentration was highest in Egocentric & Wearable Capture, where TSMG held 71.6% of open roles.Summary

Taken as a whole, robot training listings are moderately concentrated (HHI 2,197, 100 employers); TSMG alone accounts for 43.7% of open roles.Finding 1

With the employer set held fixed, concentration rose between 1 Oct 2026 and 31 Oct 2026 (HHI 4,397 to 4,992), dropping in 3 of 7 kinds of work. Robot Task Evaluation & QA shifted most, from 4,545 to 2,500.Finding 4

Comparing the week of 28 Sep 2026 with the week of 26 Oct 2026 across a fixed set of employers, 5 kinds of robot training work cleared the market-rate gate in both. Embodied-AI Data Annotation moved furthest (-71%), and AV & Drone Operators posted the top median at $34/hr.Summary

With the employer panel held fixed, between the weeks of 28 Sep 2026 and 26 Oct 2026 the posted median for AV & Drone Operators rose 12.8% ($30 to $34/hr), while Embodied-AI Data Annotation fell 71% ($31 to $9/hr).Finding 1

The biggest swing in open roles came in Robot Fleet Operations: roughly 59 a day became 256 (+335.5%), employers that joined mid-period included.Finding 4

Matched kind for kind on 31 Oct 2026, a senior, lead or higher-level title was linked to +10.1%, a driver's license requirement was linked to +5.4%, a night, swing or weekend shift in the title was linked to +0.8% and a background check with -20.4% in posted pay.Summary

Matched by kind of work, roles with a senior, lead or level word in the title posted rates 10.1% more than roles with no level word, the biggest premium found, while roles whose description requires a background check posted rates 20.4% less than described roles that do not.Finding 1

Roles whose title names a night, swing or weekend shift posted rates 0.8% more than roles whose title names none within the same kind of work, measured over 3 kinds (overall medians $27 and $27/hr).Finding 2

As of 31 Oct 2026, 30.3% of the 1,150 live robot training roles named an hourly rate; the median was $27/hr, and 7.2% paid $50/hr or more.Summary

Pay was most often stated for Robot Fleet Operations roles (47.3%) and least often for Egocentric & Wearable Capture roles (21.6%).Finding 2

Every posting carried a rate at 32 of the 100 employers with enough open roles to stand on their own; Workstream named one on none of its 1 roles.Finding 3

Of the 405 open robot training roles with a pay figure on 31 Oct 2026, 86.9% gave an hourly rate, contract or freelance terms covered 50.3% of roles that named an engagement type, and in roles with a full description 0.3% paid by the task or piece delivered while 1.8% named a payout schedule.Summary

86.9% of the 405 open robot training roles with a pay figure set it per hour; 38 as an annual salary, and 15 name an amount without a unit.Finding 1

US dollars cover 98.0% of roles with a pay figure. Roles in other currencies: 8 (AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP and JPY), quoted per year and hour.Finding 2

As of 31 Oct 2026, applicants from any country could go for 0.3% of open robot training roles; people living in the United States had the widest choice (700 of 1,150). Of the 375 people who clicked apply here in the window, the most were in the United States (111).Summary

Applicants from any country could go for 0.3% of the 1,150 roles live on 31 Oct 2026. Another 99.7% took only listed countries, and 0.0% shut out certain countries.Finding 1

Most people trying to apply were in the United States (111 people). The crowding differed widely: Pakistan had 12.67 people per open role it could apply to (38 people, 3 roles), against 0.16 in the United States.Finding 2

Of the 1,150 robot training roles open on 31 Oct 2026, 55.1% called for on-site or hybrid work, 6.9% were remote and 38.0% gave no arrangement; autonomous vehicle and truck operation was the biggest on-site group, and most on-site roles were in the United States, Japan and Germany.Summary

On 31 Oct 2026, 634 of the 1,150 open robot training roles (55.1%) had to be worked on-site or hybrid. 6.9% were remote, and 38.0% gave no arrangement.Finding 1

The title, location and workplace field are all silent on arrangement for 437 open roles, and 38.9% of those sit at Tesla. The remote share should be read as a floor.Finding 2

Between 1 Oct 2026 and 31 Oct 2026, visitors to RobotTraining.jobs clicked Apply 604 times; relative to how many roles were open, Embodied-AI Data Annotation was most in demand (13.27x the average role) and Robot Task Evaluation & QA least (0.21x).Summary

Data & Demonstration Collection led on apply clicks with 163 of 470 (34.7%), ahead of Egocentric & Wearable Capture (27.7%) and Embodied-AI Data Annotation (15.5%).Finding 1

Embodied-AI Data Annotation saw the strongest interest per open role, at 1.51 apply clicks a week (13.27x the average role). Robot Task Evaluation & QA saw the weakest, at 0.02 a week (0.21x).Finding 2

Inside each kind of work, from 1 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, a US-only rule went with 98% fewer clicks for each open role, being open worldwide with 23.0 times and a listing younger than 14 days with 7.2 times; these are patterns among RobotTraining.jobs visitors and partly the site's own ranking of roles.Summary

The strongest link measured: inside the same kind of work, roles open worldwide drew 23.0 times as many apply clicks per opening as roles limited to listed countries (across 4 kinds of work).Finding 1

Measured against their kinds' average clicks per open role, the best-paid fifth of roles in each kind of work came in at 3.03 times and the lowest-paid fifth at 3.35 times, with roles that give no rate at 0.61 times.Finding 4

Of 1,150 open robot training roles with a full description on 31 Oct 2026 (100.0% of open roles), 66.0% mention teleoperating, demonstrating or collecting robot data, 49.8% driving, flying, monitoring or taking over from autonomous vehicles, 23.6% recording their own tasks on video, 12.8% annotating or reviewing data and 24.8% resetting or maintaining robots and equipment.Summary

Collecting robot training data tops the task list, named in 60.6% of the 1,150 roles read, ahead of logging issues and writing reports (37.1%).Finding 1

At the median, a role read names 3 distinct tasks; 71.7% name three or more, while 2.3% match none.Finding 3

Of 1,150 robot training roles open on 31 Oct 2026, 68.1% name a robot or vehicle in the title, cars and robotaxis most often (41.4%); the control or capture equipment their descriptions name most is head-mounted cameras and smart glasses.Summary

68.1% of open roles name a robot or vehicle in the title, cars and robotaxis most often (476 of 1,150, 41.4%), ahead of robots (unspecified) (223). Counting descriptions too, 99.3% mention one, though a description can mention a robot or vehicle the job does not work on.Finding 1

Among robots and vehicles with at least 3 roles stating pay at 3 or more employers, trucks advertise the highest median ($32/hr) and delivery, warehouse and service robots the lowest ($22/hr).Finding 2

On 31 Oct 2026, 495 open AV & Drone Operators roles named a vehicle in their title: 401 for cars and robotaxis, 59 for drones and aircraft, 34 for autonomous trucks and 1 for vessels; drones and aircraft paid best, with a median of $35/hr.Summary

Cars and robotaxis (401), Drones and aircraft (59), Autonomous trucks (34) and Vessels (1) had the most open roles on 31 Oct 2026, of the 4 vehicles named in role titles.Finding 1

Drones and aircraft roles posted the top median rate at $35/hr and Cars and robotaxis the bottom at $27/hr, counting vehicles with 3 or more priced roles.Finding 3

Among robot training roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, half were gone within 36.4 days of posting; Robot Fleet Operations had the quickest turnover (median 34.2 days), and a median from removed roles alone would read only 22.3 days.Summary

Of the 195 robot training roles listed from 14 Sep 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, half were taken down within 36.4 days of posting (Kaplan-Meier median); after four weeks, 68.7% were still up.Finding 1

A median built from removed roles alone comes to 22.3 days; add back the 75.4% that are still up and it is 36.4 days, 63.0% longer.Finding 2

From 1 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026, weekdays took 94.4% of dated robot training postings, with Tuesday the top posting day; the most apply clicks came on Friday and in the 21:00 UTC hour.Summary

Tuesday and Friday lead the week for new postings, holding 58.7% of them between the two (two days of an evenly spread week would hold 28.6%); 94.4% are dated Monday to Friday.Finding 1

Among postings with a time attached, the 14:00 UTC hour is the peak (23.2% of them); the 12:00 to 16:00 UTC block holds 45.1%.Finding 3

Of 1,150 open robot training roles with a full description on 31 Oct 2026, 53.5% require a driving or pilot licence, 2.7% a college degree with no alternative and 17.7% a background check.Summary

2.7% of the 1,150 robot training roles with a full description require a college degree with no alternative; 10.0% ask for a high school diploma as their highest education, and 84.5% state no education requirement.Finding 1

53.5% require a licence or certificate: 568 roles a driver's license, 44 a CDL, 49 an FAA Part 107 drone certificate and 3 a pilot license.Finding 2

On 31 Oct 2026, 90.1% of open robot training roles (1,036) had an entry-level title (those that post an hourly rate offer a median of $27/hr), and 82.0% of the roles with a full description required no degree, years of experience or professional licence, though 50.3% of those still required a driver's license.Summary

1,036 of the 1,150 robot training roles open on 31 Oct 2026 (90.1%) have an entry-level title: no seniority or management word, no level above the first and no engineering, research or expert role.Finding 1

A further 5 open roles (0.4%) are kept out only by a level number in the title ('Operator II', 'Tier 2'); counted in, entry-level titles would be 90.5% of open roles.Finding 2

Reading 771 application forms for robot training roles live on 31 Oct 2026: 28.9% make a resume mandatory, 85.9% request a LinkedIn profile, and the median form has 15 fields.Summary

A resume is mandatory on 28.9% of robot training application forms and a LinkedIn profile is requested on 85.9%; a cover letter comes up on just 14.9%.Finding 1

Screening questions most often cover expected pay or rate (18.5% of forms), work authorization or visa sponsorship (18.4% of forms) and shifts, nights or weekends (10% of forms).Finding 2

As of 31 Oct 2026, the titles robot training roles used most were "Operator", "Data collector or contributor" and "Driver"; "Technician" roles posted the top median rate ($65/hr).Summary

Title words seen most often: Operator (33.0% of open roles), Data collector or contributor (25.2% of open roles) and Driver (25.0% of open roles).Finding 1

The top posted median belonged to "Technician" roles ($65/hr) and the bottom one to "Annotator or labeler" roles ($4/hr).Finding 2

From 1 Jan 2023 to 28 Oct 2026, 88 deals, paid programs and dataset releases for robot, embodied-AI, AV and drone training data are on record, involving 57 buyers.Summary

Internet majors and embodied-AI body makers (unnamed) appears most often as a buyer (11 records: mixed, egocentric video and simulation).Finding 1

14 programs pay members of the public directly to record or produce robot training data, the latest launched 10 Oct 2026 (Mifeng Technology (觅蜂科技, an embodied-AI data services company)).Finding 2

50 published prices of robot training data: 11 that buyers pay per hour of data and 39 that the people who record it or teleoperate are paid, each linked to its source.Summary

Buyers' published prices for an hour of robot training data start from $1 and reach $1,200 per hour (8 US-dollar prices).Finding 1

The people who record or operate are paid from $1 to $150 an hour where pay is stated in US dollars per hour (26 rates); the median of those lower figures is $25.25.Finding 2

36 robotics, humanoid, embodied-AI, AV and drone companies and data centres collect training data with their own people; 119 facts about how, at what scale and at what pay are on record, each linked to its source.Summary

Tesla has the most documented in-house data operation (13 sourced facts).Finding 1

18 companies and centres run a dedicated data-collection facility on record (20 facility facts).Finding 2

68 companies sell robot, embodied-AI, AV or drone training data, or the human work behind it; 162 facts about them are on record, each linked to its source.Summary

Claru is the most documented vendor (6 sourced facts).Finding 1

19 published pay figures from 16 vendors, from per-minute video capture to hourly annotation.Finding 3