Key findings

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Between the week of 14 Sep 2026 and the week of 28 Sep 2026, open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection on the employers tracked since 14 Sep 2026 went up 9.3%, from about 55 to 60, against -0.8% for all robot training work on the same employers.
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15 employers listed the 63 open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection; TSMG held 57.1% and the three largest 74.6% (HHI 3,479, highly concentrated, against 4,114 for all robot training work).
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17 of the 63 open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection (27.0%) stated an hourly rate, with a median of $25/hr (middle half $20 to $30), 4% below the $26/hr of all robot training work.
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Each open role in Data & Demonstration Collection drew 0.16 apply clicks a week on RobotTraining.jobs, 2.26x the average robot training role: the 2nd lowest of 3 kinds of work with enough clicks to rank.
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4.8% of the 63 open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection accepted applicants from any country, against 0.8% of all robot training roles; of the 20 countries compared, residents of the United States (43), then the United Kingdom (9), then Germany and France (6 each) could apply to the most, and residents of 13 of the countries (among them Argentina and Australia) to the fewest (3 each).
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79.4% of the 63 open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection name a robot or vehicle in their title, 3 robots and vehicles in all; Robots (unspecified, 48), Drones and aircraft (1) and Cars and robotaxis (1) were named most.
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Over the 28 days from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, employers listed 9 new roles in Data & Demonstration Collection and removed 3.
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Open roles, week by week

Is the number of open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection rising or falling?

Week	Open roles (fixed panel)	Index	All robot training work (index)	All tracked employers
14 to 20 Sep	55	100.0	100.0	55
21 to 27 Sep	57	103.6	97.9	59
28 Sep to 4 Oct	60	109.3	99.2	62

Sample. Average open roles in Data & Demonstration Collection over each week's days, on the 38 employers tracked since 14 Sep 2026 (the fixed panel; 15 of them list this work), 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026.

The index is the panel's open roles against the week of 14 Sep 2026 (100), beside the same index for all robot training work on the same employers.

Dexmate (first tracked 21 Sep 2026) lists this work but was added to the dataset later, so it is left out of the panel and counted only in the last column: an employer's arrival never reads as growth.

Weeks with fewer than 10 open roles on the panel, or cut by the span, are marked.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Listings added and removed

How fast do roles in Data & Demonstration Collection turn over, and is the stock growing on the same employers?

Work	Open on 12 Sep 2026	Open on 9 Oct 2026, same employers	Change	New listings	Removed	Median days listed
Data & Demonstration CollectionSmall sample	0	0	n/a	9	3	n/a
All robot training workSmall sample	0	0	n/a	103	109	27.2 days

Sample. Roles listed from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026: 66 in Data & Demonstration Collection, 854 across all robot training work.

Change compares the roles open on the first and the last day of the window on the employers tracked when it opened, so an employer added during the window does not read as growth.

A new listing first appeared in the window on an employer already tracked before that week; an employer's first week (its back catalogue) is not counted.

Median days listed runs from a removed role's listing date to its last sighting, for removed roles with a known listing date (at least 10; 2 here).

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Who lists it

Which employers list roles in Data & Demonstration Collection, and what does each advertise?

Employer	Open roles	Share of open roles	Stating an hourly rate	Median per hour
TSMG	36	57.1%	0.0%	n/a
micro1	6	9.5%	83.3%	n/a
Collaborative Robotics	5	7.9%	100.0%	n/a
Dexmate	2	3.2%	50.0%	n/a
Genesis AI	2	3.2%	0.0%	n/a
Humanoid	2	3.2%	0.0%	n/a
Sunday Robotics	2	3.2%	100.0%	n/a
1X Technologies	1	1.6%	100.0%	n/a
Adexis	1	1.6%	0.0%	n/a
Dyna Robotics	1	1.6%	100.0%	n/a
Maven Robotics	1	1.6%	0.0%	n/a
Nimble Robotics	1	1.6%	0.0%	n/a
RoboForce	1	1.6%	0.0%	n/a
Sama	1	1.6%	100.0%	n/a
Skydio	1	1.6%	100.0%	n/a

Sample. 63 roles in Data & Demonstration Collection open at the end of 9 Oct 2026, by the employer that lists them: HHI 3,479 (highly concentrated), against 4,114 for all robot training work.

HHI: the sum of every employer's squared percentage share of the open roles, 0 to 10,000; under 1,500 is unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately and above 2,500 highly concentrated (US merger-guideline thresholds).

Shares are of listings, not of people hired or money paid: an employer posting one role per city or country weighs more here than its hiring may.

A median needs at least 8 roles stating an hourly rate.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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What it pays

What do roles in Data & Demonstration Collection advertise per hour, against robot training work as a whole?

Work	Median per hour	25th percentile	75th percentile	Stating an hourly rate	Roles stating pay
Data & Demonstration Collection	$25	$20	$30	27.0%	17
All robot training work	$26	$22	$32	14.6%	109

Sample. Roles open on 9 Oct 2026: 63 in Data & Demonstration Collection, 17 of them stating an hourly rate; 745 across all robot training work.

Pay is the hourly figure the posting advertises (the middle of a stated range). The middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.

Roles paid per task or per project, or that state no figure, do not state an hourly rate. A median needs at least 8 roles stating one.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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How its rates are distributed

What share of roles in Data & Demonstration Collection pay $50 an hour or more?

Advertised rate	Open roles	Share of priced roles	This rate or less	All robot training work
Under $15/hr	1	5.9%	5.9%	13.8%
$15 to $25/hr	7	41.2%	47.1%	25.7%
$25 to $35/hr	7	41.2%	88.2%	49.5%
$35 to $50/hr	1	5.9%	94.1%	9.2%
$50 to $75/hr	1	5.9%	100.0%	1.8%
$75 to $100/hr	0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
$100 to $150/hr	0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
$150/hr or more	0	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

Sample. 17 roles in Data & Demonstration Collection open on 9 Oct 2026 that state an hourly rate, against 109 across all robot training work.

Each role counts once, at the middle of its advertised range. The bands are those of the pay-transparency report.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Applicant demand per open role

Do roles in Data & Demonstration Collection draw more or fewer applicants per opening than the average robot training role?

Roles	Clicks per role a week	Index	Clicks	Avg open roles
Data & Demonstration Collection	0.16	2.26x	37	58
All robot training work	0.07	1.00x	187	667
Its roles stating an hourly rate	0.55	7.83x	30	14
Its roles stating no hourly rateSmall sample	0.04	0.56x	7	45
Its roles open worldwideSmall sample	1.57	22.35x	14	2
Its roles limited by countrySmall sample	0.10	1.46x	23	56

Sample. Apply clicks on a specific role on RobotTraining.jobs, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026: 37 on roles in Data & Demonstration Collection, against the days those roles were open.

Clicks per role a week = apply clicks / (open role-days / 7). Index 1.00 is the rate of every role on the site.

Rows with fewer than 30 clicks or 3 roles open on an average day are marked as a small sample.

Apply clicks measure interest among visitors to RobotTraining.jobs, who see roles open in their country and recent, priced roles first. Clicks are never split by employer.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Applicant demand by listing age

Do newer roles in Data & Demonstration Collection draw more applicants than older ones?

Listing age	Clicks per role a week	Index (this work = 1)	Clicks	Avg open roles
Listed during the windowSmall sample	0.54	3.40x	13	6
Listed up to 4 weeks before itSmall sample	0.23	1.44x	6	7
Listed 4 to 12 weeks before itSmall sample	0.03	0.17x	4	38
Listed more than 12 weeks before itSmall sample	0.30	1.87x	7	6
Listing date unknownSmall sample	0.87	5.48x	7	2

Sample. Apply clicks on roles in Data & Demonstration Collection, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, by when each role was listed relative to the window's first day (12 Sep 2026).

Listing date: the date the job board gives for the posting, or else the first day the role appeared in the feed. A role that arrived with an employer's back catalogue and gives no date has none.

The index divides each row's rate by the rate of all roles in this kind of work, so it reads within the kind.

Rows with fewer than 30 clicks or 3 roles open on an average day are marked as a small sample.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Who may apply: location rules

Can people apply to roles in Data & Demonstration Collection from anywhere?

Location rule	Open roles	Share of its open roles	All robot training work
Open worldwide	3	4.8%	0.8%
Worldwide except listed countries	0	0.0%	0.0%
Only listed countries	60	95.2%	99.2%
No rule stated	0	0.0%	0.0%

Sample. 63 roles in Data & Demonstration Collection open at the end of 9 Oct 2026, against 745 across all robot training work.

The rule is read from each posting's location text and, where the posting is silent, from what the employer states about where it hires.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Who may apply: roles open to each country

How many roles in Data & Demonstration Collection can a resident of each country apply to?

Country	Open roles	Share of its open roles	Median per hour
Any country (worldwide roles only)	3	4.8%	n/a
United States	43	68.3%	$25
United Kingdom	9	14.3%	n/a
Germany	6	9.5%	n/a
France	6	9.5%	n/a
Spain	5	7.9%	n/a
Netherlands	5	7.9%	n/a
Italy	4	6.3%	n/a
Argentina	3	4.8%	n/a
Australia	3	4.8%	n/a
Brazil	3	4.8%	n/a
Canada	3	4.8%	n/a
Colombia	3	4.8%	n/a
Indonesia	3	4.8%	n/a
India	3	4.8%	n/a
Japan	3	4.8%	n/a
Mexico	3	4.8%	n/a
Malaysia	3	4.8%	n/a
Philippines	3	4.8%	n/a
Pakistan	3	4.8%	n/a
South Africa	3	4.8%	n/a

Sample. 63 roles in Data & Demonstration Collection open at the end of 9 Oct 2026, for residents of a fixed set of 20 countries.

A country's count is the roles open worldwide, plus roles whose list names it, plus roles whose exclusion list does not. Roles with no rule stated count for no country.

The 20 countries are the same in every report of this series: those named most often by the location rules of open robot training roles on 9 Oct 2026, either as the only countries accepted or as excluded.

Median pay is over the roles open to that country that state an hourly rate (at least 8).

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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Robots and vehicles the roles work on

Which robots and vehicles do roles in Data & Demonstration Collection name in their titles?

Robot or vehicle	Open roles	Share of its open roles	Median per hour	Employers
Robots (unspecified)	48	76.2%	$23	6
Drones and aircraft	1	1.6%	n/a	1
Cars and robotaxis	1	1.6%	n/a	1

Sample. 50 of the 63 roles in Data & Demonstration Collection open on 9 Oct 2026 name a robot or vehicle in their title (79.4%); 3 robots and vehicles are named.

A role counts for a robot or vehicle when its title names it ('Autonomous Vehicle Safety Operator', 'Humanoid Robot Operator'); a title naming two counts for both. The vocabulary is that of the robots and equipment report.

Median pay needs at least 8 roles stating an hourly rate.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work, live data.

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The public job boards of the robot training employers and programs this site tracks, read every day. Apply clicks are made on RobotTraining.jobs; full descriptions come from the employers whose boards publish them. 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.

Kind of work: Each role is classified from its title and description into one of the seven kinds of robot training work this site tracks; this report counts the roles classified as Data & Demonstration Collection.
Fixed panel: The employers already tracked when the weekly series opens. The index follows their open roles, so an employer added later never reads as growth.
Index: The panel's average open roles in a week, divided by the same in the base week, times 100; shown beside the same index for all robot training work at the same employers.
Open role: A role listed by a given day and still in its employer's feed that day.
New listing: A role that first appeared during the window at an employer already tracked before that week. An employer's first week in this dataset is its back catalogue and is not counted as new.
Removed listing: A role that left its employer's feed during the window.
Days listed: From a removed role's listing date to the last day it was seen in its feed. A median needs at least 10 removed roles.
HHI: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index: the sum of every employer's squared percentage share of open roles, 0 to 10,000. Under 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately, above 2,500 highly concentrated.
Advertised pay: The hourly figure a posting states (the middle of a stated range). Medians need at least 8 roles stating a rate; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
Clicks per open role a week: Apply clicks on RobotTraining.jobs on a specific role, divided by the days the roles were open, times 7.
Demand index: Clicks per open role a week divided by the same rate across every role on the site. Above 1, the roles draw more applicants than the average role.
Listing age: When a role was listed relative to the window's first day: during the window, up to 4 weeks before it, 4 to 12 weeks before or longer. The listing date is the job board's posting date, or else the first day the role appeared in the feed.
Location rule: Read from each posting's location text: open worldwide, worldwide except listed countries, only listed countries, or no rule stated.
Open to a country: A role is open to residents of a country if it is open worldwide, its list names the country, or its exclusion list does not. The 20 countries compared are the same in every report of the series.
Window: Live: the last 28 complete days, in UTC, and the last twelve complete ISO weeks (from the week of 14 Sep 2026 at the earliest) for the weekly series. Edition: one calendar month, in UTC, and its weeks.

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Employers that recruit without a public job board are not counted, and some data-collection programs enrol people through an app rather than a job listing.
A listing is not a hire. Some employers keep evergreen roles open for months, and some post one listing per city or country.
Apply clicks measure interest among the people who use RobotTraining.jobs, and what is shown first gets clicked more. Clicks are never published by employer.
The requirements figure appears only when at least 10 roles of this kind are described.
A kind of work with few open roles gives figures that move with a handful of postings: rows on too little data are marked as a small sample.

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RobotTraining.jobs (2026). The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/robot-demonstration-collection-market (accessed 10 Oct 2026)

BibTeX

@misc{robottrainingjobs_robot_demonstration_collection_market_live,
  author = {{RobotTraining.jobs}},
  title = {The Market for Data & Demonstration Collection Work (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://robottraining.jobs/research/robot-demonstration-collection-market}},
  note = {Accessed 10 Oct 2026},
}

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