{"name":"The Market for Robot Task Evaluation & QA Work (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)","question":"Who hires for Robot Task Evaluation & QA work, what does it pay, how much competition is there for each opening and who may apply?","source":"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.","publisher":"RobotTraining.jobs","url":"https://robottraining.jobs/research/robot-evaluation-qa-market","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","citation":"RobotTraining.jobs (2026). The Market for Robot Task Evaluation & QA Work (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/robot-evaluation-qa-market (accessed 10 Oct 2026)","frozen_at":null,"report":"robot-evaluation-qa-market","method":1,"edition":null,"window":{"from":"2026-09-12","to":"2026-10-09","days":28},"computedAt":"2026-10-10T22:21:10.401Z","summary":"On 9 Oct 2026, 11 roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA were open on 4 employers (Waymo listed 7 of them); 0 of them stated an hourly rate.","stats":[{"id":"open","value":"11","label":"open roles on 9 Oct 2026","figure":"work-platforms"},{"id":"lead-share","value":"64%","label":"of open roles at Waymo, the largest of 4 employers","figure":"work-platforms"}],"findings":[{"id":"open-roles-trend","figure":"work-open-roles-weekly","text":"Between the week of 14 Sep 2026 and the week of 28 Sep 2026, open roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA on the employers tracked since 14 Sep 2026 went down 12.4%, from about 13 to 11, against -0.8% for all robot training work on the same employers."},{"id":"who-lists-it","figure":"work-platforms","text":"4 employers listed the 11 open roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA; Waymo held 7 of them and the three largest 10 (HHI 4,545, highly concentrated, against 4,114 for all robot training work)."},{"id":"who-may-apply","figure":"work-countries","text":"0 of the 11 open roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA accepted applicants from any country, against 0.8% of all robot training roles; of the 20 countries compared, residents of the United States (9), then the United Kingdom and India (1 each) could apply to the most, and residents of 17 of the countries (among them Argentina and Australia) to the fewest (0 each)."},{"id":"listing-flow","figure":"work-listing-flow","text":"Over the 28 days from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, employers listed 1 new roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA and removed 3."}],"figures":[{"id":"work-open-roles-weekly","title":"Open roles, week by week","question":"Is the number of open roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA rising or falling?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"panel","label":"Open roles (fixed panel)","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index","unit":"decimal","decimals":1},{"key":"market","label":"All robot training work (index)","unit":"decimal","decimals":1,"secondary":true},{"key":"all","label":"All tracked employers","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","panel":13,"index":100,"market":100,"all":13}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","panel":11,"index":88.8,"market":97.9,"all":11}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","panel":11,"index":87.6,"market":99.2,"all":11}}],"sample":"Average open roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA over each week's days, on the 38 employers tracked since 14 Sep 2026 (the fixed panel; 5 of them list this work), 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026.","notes":["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.","Every employer listing this work in the span was tracked from the start of the series.","Weeks with fewer than 10 open roles on the panel, or cut by the span, are marked."]},{"id":"work-listing-flow","title":"Listings added and removed","question":"How fast do roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA turn over, and is the stock growing on the same employers?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Work","unit":"text"},{"key":"start","label":"Open on 12 Sep 2026","unit":"count"},{"key":"end","label":"Open on 9 Oct 2026, same employers","unit":"count"},{"key":"change","label":"Change","unit":"percent","signed":true,"bar":true},{"key":"new","label":"New listings","unit":"count"},{"key":"removed","label":"Removed","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"days","label":"Median days listed","unit":"days","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","start":0,"end":0,"change":null,"new":1,"removed":3,"days":null}},{"key":"all","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"All robot training work","start":0,"end":0,"change":null,"new":103,"removed":109,"days":27.2}}],"sample":"Roles listed from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026: 14 in Robot Task Evaluation & QA, 854 across all robot training work.","notes":["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; 3 here)."]},{"id":"work-platforms","title":"Who lists it","question":"Which employers list roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA, and what does each advertise?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Employer","unit":"text"},{"key":"open","label":"Open roles","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of open roles","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"stated","label":"Stating an hourly rate","unit":"percent","secondary":true},{"key":"median","label":"Median per hour","unit":"usd"}],"rows":[{"key":"waymo","href":"/platforms/waymo","cells":{"group":"Waymo","open":7,"share":63.6,"stated":0,"median":null}},{"key":"waabi","href":"/platforms/waabi","cells":{"group":"Waabi","open":2,"share":18.2,"stated":0,"median":null}},{"key":"avride","href":"/platforms/avride","cells":{"group":"Avride","open":1,"share":9.1,"stated":0,"median":null}},{"key":"roboforce","href":"/platforms/roboforce","cells":{"group":"RoboForce","open":1,"share":9.1,"stated":0,"median":null}}],"sample":"11 roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA open at the end of 9 Oct 2026, by the employer that lists them: HHI 4,545 (highly concentrated), against 4,114 for all robot training work.","notes":["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."]},{"id":"work-pay","title":"What it pays","question":"What do roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA advertise per hour, against robot training work as a whole?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Work","unit":"text"},{"key":"median","label":"Median per hour","unit":"usd","bar":true},{"key":"p25","label":"25th percentile","unit":"usd"},{"key":"p75","label":"75th percentile","unit":"usd"},{"key":"stated","label":"Stating an hourly rate","unit":"percent"},{"key":"priced","label":"Roles stating pay","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","median":null,"p25":null,"p75":null,"stated":0,"priced":0}},{"key":"all","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"All robot training work","median":26,"p25":22,"p75":32,"stated":14.6,"priced":109}}],"sample":"Roles open on 9 Oct 2026: 11 in Robot Task Evaluation & QA, 0 of them stating an hourly rate; 745 across all robot training work.","notes":["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."]},{"id":"work-demand","title":"Applicant demand per open role","question":"Do roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA draw more or fewer applicants per opening than the average robot training role?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Roles","unit":"text"},{"key":"rate","label":"Clicks per role a week","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index","unit":"index","decimals":2},{"key":"clicks","label":"Clicks","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"open","label":"Avg open roles","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"robot-qa-eval","href":"/roles/robot-qa-eval","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Task Evaluation & QA","rate":0.13,"index":1.89,"clicks":6,"open":11}},{"key":"all","thin":false,"cells":{"group":"All robot training work","rate":0.07,"index":1,"clicks":187,"open":667}},{"key":"pay-not-stated","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Its roles stating no hourly rate","rate":0.13,"index":1.89,"clicks":6,"open":11}},{"key":"limited","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Its roles limited by country","rate":0.13,"index":1.89,"clicks":6,"open":11}}],"sample":"Apply clicks on a specific role on RobotTraining.jobs, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026: 6 on roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA, against the days those roles were open.","notes":["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."]},{"id":"work-demand-by-age","title":"Applicant demand by listing age","question":"Do newer roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA draw more applicants than older ones?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Listing age","unit":"text"},{"key":"rate","label":"Clicks per role a week","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"index","label":"Index (this work = 1)","unit":"index","decimals":2},{"key":"clicks","label":"Clicks","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"open","label":"Avg open roles","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"in-window","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Listed during the window","rate":0,"index":0,"clicks":0,"open":0}},{"key":"0-4","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Listed up to 4 weeks before it","rate":0.12,"index":0.92,"clicks":2,"open":4}},{"key":"12-plus","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Listed more than 12 weeks before it","rate":0.15,"index":1.1,"clicks":4,"open":7}}],"sample":"Apply clicks on roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA, from 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026, by when each role was listed relative to the window's first day (12 Sep 2026).","notes":["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."]},{"id":"work-location-rules","title":"Who may apply: location rules","question":"Can people apply to roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA from anywhere?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Location rule","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Open roles","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its open roles","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"all","label":"All robot training work","unit":"percent"}],"rows":[{"key":"global","cells":{"group":"Open worldwide","roles":0,"share":0,"all":0.8}},{"key":"exclude","cells":{"group":"Worldwide except listed countries","roles":0,"share":0,"all":0}},{"key":"include","cells":{"group":"Only listed countries","roles":11,"share":100,"all":99.2}},{"key":"unknown","cells":{"group":"No rule stated","roles":0,"share":0,"all":0}}],"sample":"11 roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA open at the end of 9 Oct 2026, against 745 across all robot training work.","notes":["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."]},{"id":"work-countries","title":"Who may apply: roles open to each country","question":"How many roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA can a resident of each country apply to?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Country","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Open roles","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its open roles","unit":"percent"},{"key":"pay","label":"Median per hour","unit":"usd","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"any","cells":{"group":"Any country (worldwide roles only)","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"US","cells":{"group":"United States","roles":9,"share":81.8,"pay":null}},{"key":"GB","cells":{"group":"United Kingdom","roles":1,"share":9.1,"pay":null}},{"key":"IN","cells":{"group":"India","roles":1,"share":9.1,"pay":null}},{"key":"AR","cells":{"group":"Argentina","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"AU","cells":{"group":"Australia","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"BR","cells":{"group":"Brazil","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"CA","cells":{"group":"Canada","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"CO","cells":{"group":"Colombia","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"DE","cells":{"group":"Germany","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"ES","cells":{"group":"Spain","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"FR","cells":{"group":"France","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"ID","cells":{"group":"Indonesia","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"IT","cells":{"group":"Italy","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"JP","cells":{"group":"Japan","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"MX","cells":{"group":"Mexico","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"MY","cells":{"group":"Malaysia","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"NL","cells":{"group":"Netherlands","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"PH","cells":{"group":"Philippines","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"PK","cells":{"group":"Pakistan","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}},{"key":"ZA","cells":{"group":"South Africa","roles":0,"share":0,"pay":null}}],"sample":"11 roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA open at the end of 9 Oct 2026, for residents of a fixed set of 20 countries.","notes":["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)."]},{"id":"work-asked-for","title":"Robots and vehicles the roles work on","question":"Which robots and vehicles do roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA name in their titles?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Robot or vehicle","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Open roles","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its open roles","unit":"percent"},{"key":"pay","label":"Median per hour","unit":"usd","secondary":true},{"key":"platforms","label":"Employers","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"car","cells":{"group":"Cars and robotaxis","roles":1,"share":9.1,"pay":null,"platforms":1}},{"key":"robot","cells":{"group":"Robots (unspecified)","roles":1,"share":9.1,"pay":null,"platforms":1}}],"sample":"2 of the 11 roles in Robot Task Evaluation & QA open on 9 Oct 2026 name a robot or vehicle in their title (18.2%); 2 robots and vehicles are named.","notes":["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."]}]}