{"name":"The Robot Training Jobs Index (live data, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026)","question":"Is the market for human robot training work growing, week by week?","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.","publisher":"RobotTraining.jobs","url":"https://robottraining.jobs/research/robot-training-jobs-index","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","citation":"RobotTraining.jobs (2026). The Robot Training Jobs Index (live data, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/robot-training-jobs-index (accessed 10 Oct 2026)","frozen_at":null,"report":"robot-training-jobs-index","method":1,"edition":null,"window":{"from":"2026-09-14","to":"2026-10-04","days":21},"computedAt":"2026-10-10T21:13:49.512Z","summary":"From 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, open robot training roles on the employers tracked throughout went down 0.8% (index 99.2); employers listed 30 new roles in the last week and the advertised median stood at $28/hr.","stats":[{"id":"index","value":"99.2","label":"the index in the week of 28 Sep 2026 (first week = 100)","figure":"index-open-roles"},{"id":"open","value":"694","label":"open roles in the last week, all employers","figure":"index-open-roles"},{"id":"new","value":"30","label":"new listings in the last week","figure":"index-new-listings"},{"id":"pay","value":"$28/hr","label":"median advertised rate","figure":"index-advertised-pay"}],"findings":[{"id":"open-roles-change","figure":"index-open-roles","text":"On the 38 employers tracked throughout, open roles went down 0.8%, from about 645 in the week of 14 Sep 2026 to 640 in the week of 28 Sep 2026."},{"id":"pay-change","figure":"index-advertised-pay","text":"The median advertised rate of open roles moved from $29/hr to $28/hr between the first and the last week."},{"id":"demand-change","figure":"index-applicant-demand","text":"Apply clicks per open role went from 0.04 a week in the week of 14 Sep 2026 to 0.1 in the week of 28 Sep 2026, as the roles listed and the site's audience changed."}],"figures":[{"id":"index-summary","title":"The index at a glance","question":"How did the market change between the first and the last week?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Measure","unit":"text"},{"key":"first","label":"Week of 14 Sep 2026","unit":"text"},{"key":"last","label":"Week of 28 Sep 2026","unit":"text"},{"key":"change","label":"Change","unit":"percent","signed":true}],"rows":[{"key":"panel","cells":{"group":"Open roles (fixed panel)","first":"645","last":"640","change":-0.8}},{"key":"all","cells":{"group":"Open roles (all tracked employers)","first":"645","last":"694","change":7.7}},{"key":"new","cells":{"group":"New listings in the week","first":"9","last":"30","change":233.3}},{"key":"removed","cells":{"group":"Removed in the week","first":"14","last":"31","change":121.4}},{"key":"pay","cells":{"group":"Median advertised rate","first":"$29/hr","last":"$28/hr","change":-3.4}},{"key":"demand","cells":{"group":"Apply clicks per open role","first":"0.04","last":"0.1","change":163.8}}],"sample":"The first and the last complete week of 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026.","notes":["Open roles are the average over the week's days; the rate and the share of roles stating pay are read at the start of each week."]},{"id":"index-open-roles","title":"Open roles, week by week","question":"Is the number of open robot training roles 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":"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":645,"index":100,"all":645}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","panel":631,"index":97.9,"all":676}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","panel":640,"index":99.2,"all":694}}],"sample":"Average open roles over each week's days, on the 38 employers tracked since 14 Sep 2026 (the fixed panel), 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026.","notes":["The index is the panel's open roles against the week of 14 Sep 2026 (100). Employers first tracked later appear only in the last column, so their arrival never reads as hiring growth."]},{"id":"index-new-listings","title":"New and removed listings, week by week","question":"How many robot training roles are listed and taken down each week?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"new","label":"New listings","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"removed","label":"Removed","unit":"count"}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","new":9,"removed":14}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","new":21,"removed":32}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","new":30,"removed":31}}],"sample":"Listings on the employers' job boards, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, by ISO week (Monday to Sunday, UTC).","notes":["Each employer's first week in this dataset (its back catalogue) is not counted as new listings."]},{"id":"index-advertised-pay","title":"The advertised median rate, week by week","question":"Are advertised rates for robot training work moving?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"pay","label":"Median advertised rate","unit":"usd","bar":true},{"key":"stated","label":"Roles stating a rate","unit":"percent"},{"key":"worldwide","label":"Open worldwide","unit":"percent","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","pay":29,"stated":12.1,"worldwide":0.5}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","pay":30,"stated":12.5,"worldwide":0.6}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","pay":28,"stated":13.5,"worldwide":0.7}}],"sample":"Roles open at the start of each week that state an hourly rate, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026.","notes":["The median follows the mix of open roles as well as rates themselves."]},{"id":"index-applicant-demand","title":"Applicant interest per open role, week by week","question":"Is competition for each opening rising or falling?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"perRole","label":"Clicks per open role","unit":"decimal","decimals":2,"bar":true},{"key":"clicks","label":"Apply clicks on roles","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-14","axis":"14 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"14 to 20 Sep","perRole":0.04,"clicks":25}},{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep","perRole":0.04,"clicks":24}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","perRole":0.1,"clicks":71}}],"sample":"Apply clicks on a specific role on RobotTraining.jobs, 14 Sep 2026 to 4 Oct 2026, against the roles open that week.","notes":["It rises with RobotTraining.jobs's own audience as well as with interest in the work: read it beside the other weeks, not as a market total."]}]}