{"name":"Saronic Hiring Data (live data, 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026)","question":"What is Saronic hiring for: how many roles, which kinds of work, at what advertised pay, and open to whom?","source":"Every day this site reads the public job boards of the robot training employers and programs it follows. Every Saronic figure is drawn solely from its own public listings, with full descriptions and application forms read wherever its job board provides them.","publisher":"RobotTraining.jobs","url":"https://robottraining.jobs/research/saronic-hiring-data","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","citation":"RobotTraining.jobs (2026). Saronic Hiring Data (live data, 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/saronic-hiring-data (accessed 18 Oct 2026)","frozen_at":null,"report":"saronic-hiring-data","method":1,"edition":null,"window":{"from":"2026-09-20","to":"2026-10-17","days":28},"computedAt":"2026-10-18T16:33:52.918Z","summary":"Saronic had 5 robot training roles open on 17 Oct 2026 (0.5% of the market, the joint 21st largest of 73 employers), all in Robot Teleoperation; 2 carried an hourly rate, not enough for a median, while all took applicants only from named countries, the United States above all.","stats":[{"id":"open-roles","value":"5","label":"jobs live on 17 Oct 2026, 0.5% of all listingst","figure":"compared-with-market"},{"id":"stated-pay","value":"2 of 5","label":"open roles give an hourly rate","figure":"pay-against-market"},{"id":"location-rule","value":"5 of 5","label":"open roles take applications from named countries only","figure":"location-rules"},{"id":"main-kind","value":"5 of 5","label":"open roles in Robot Teleoperation","figure":"kinds-of-work"}],"findings":[{"id":"size","figure":"compared-with-market","text":"On 17 Oct 2026, Saronic had 5 open roles: 0.5% of the 1,029 open at the 73 employers RobotTraining.jobs tracks, the joint 21st highest count."},{"id":"main-kind","figure":"kinds-of-work","text":"All 5 of its open roles are in Robot Teleoperation, a kind in which Saronic accounts for 5.3% of every open role (the 4th largest share among 30 employers); across the board it posts in 1 of the 7 kinds of work that had openings."},{"id":"pay-level","figure":"pay-against-market","text":"2 of its 5 open roles give an hourly rate, short of the 8 needed for a median."},{"id":"access","figure":"location-rules","text":"None of its 5 open roles are open to people applying from anywhere (0.3% at other employers); all are restricted to certain countries, the United States chief among them (named by all 5)."},{"id":"turnover","figure":"listing-flow","text":"Between 20 Sep 2026 and 17 Oct 2026, Saronic put up 0 new listings and took down 4; tracking of it began on 21 Sep 2026."},{"id":"application","figure":"application-form","text":"The median Saronic application form has 11 fields against 15 at other employers; of its 5 forms, all make a resume mandatory, all request a LinkedIn profile and all include custom questions."},{"id":"title-word","figure":"title-words","text":"\"Specialist\" is Saronic's most common title word (all 5 of its open roles); at other employers it appears in 11.3% of open roles."}],"figures":[{"id":"compared-with-market","title":"Saronic next to the rest of the market","question":"Next to every other robot training employer, how big is Saronic, what does it pay, who can apply and how fast do its listings turn over?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Measure","unit":"text"},{"key":"platform","label":"Saronic","unit":"text"},{"key":"others","label":"Other employers","unit":"text"},{"key":"rank","label":"Rank (1st = top)","unit":"text"}],"rows":[{"key":"open","cells":{"group":"Jobs live on 17 Oct 2026","platform":"5","others":"1,024","rank":"joint 21st of 73"}},{"key":"market-share","cells":{"group":"Share of the whole market","platform":"0.5%","others":"99.5%","rank":"joint 21st of 73"}},{"key":"new","cells":{"group":"Newly posted in this period","platform":"0","others":"106","rank":"joint 27th of 73"}},{"key":"kinds","cells":{"group":"Kinds of work listed","platform":"1","others":"7","rank":"joint 28th of 73"}},{"key":"stated","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Open roles with a posted hourly rate","platform":"40.0%","others":"21.0%","rank":"n/a"}},{"key":"median-pay","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Median advertised pay","platform":"n/a","others":"$27/hr","rank":"n/a"}},{"key":"worldwide","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Open roles accepting any country","platform":"0.0%","others":"0.3%","rank":"n/a"}},{"key":"days-listed","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Median days up before removal","platform":"n/a","others":"34.4 days","rank":"n/a"}}],"sample":"Snapshot at the close of 17 Oct 2026: 5 open roles at Saronic and 1,024 across the 72 other employers RobotTraining.jobs tracks, with listings drawn from 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026.","notes":["\"Other employers\" pools every remaining employer tracked over the same dates: their counts are added together and their medians come from all of their roles at once.","Ranks run across the 73 employers that had open roles. An employer is ranked on a measure only once it clears that measure's floor: 10 open roles for a share, 8 posted rates for a pay median and 10 removed roles with a known listing date for days listed. On days listed, the longest comes first.","Built from listings alone, as they appear on the employer's public job board."]},{"id":"open-roles-by-week","title":"Weekly count of open roles at Saronic","question":"Are Saronic's robot training listings growing or shrinking from week to week?","series":true,"columns":[{"key":"week","label":"Week","unit":"text"},{"key":"open","label":"Open at week's end","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"new","label":"New listings","unit":"count"},{"key":"removed","label":"Removed","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"2026-09-21","axis":"21 Sep","thin":true,"cells":{"week":"21 to 27 Sep (back catalogue)","open":6,"new":null,"removed":3}},{"key":"2026-09-28","axis":"28 Sep","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"28 Sep to 4 Oct","open":6,"new":0,"removed":0}},{"key":"2026-10-05","axis":"5 Oct","thin":false,"cells":{"week":"5 to 11 Oct","open":6,"new":0,"removed":0}}],"sample":"Saronic's listings grouped into ISO weeks (Monday to Sunday, UTC) from 14 Sep 2026 to 11 Oct 2026, 3 weeks on record.","notes":["Each week's open count is taken at its close (Sunday, UTC); a week the window cuts short is counted on the window's last day. Roles inherited with the employer's back catalogue never count as new listings.","Tracking of Saronic began in the week of 21 Sep 2026. Everything counted that week was already on its board (its back catalogue), so the week is flagged and carries no new-listing figure."]},{"id":"kinds-of-work","title":"What Saronic hires for","question":"What kinds of robot training work does Saronic post, and how big a slice of each kind's openings belongs to it?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Kind of work","unit":"text"},{"key":"open","label":"Open roles","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its roles","unit":"percent"},{"key":"marketShare","label":"Its slice of all openings in the kind","unit":"percent"},{"key":"rank","label":"Rank within this job type","unit":"text","secondary":true},{"key":"median","label":"Its median per hour","unit":"usd","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","open":5,"share":100,"marketShare":5.3,"rank":"4th of 30","median":null}}],"sample":"Saronic's 5 open roles at the close of 17 Oct 2026. Market shares divide by the 1,029 roles open that day across all 73 employers.","notes":["Every role is sorted into one of the site's seven kinds of robot training work, based on what its title and description say.","Ranks within a kind count only the employers with open roles in that kind. No median is shown below 8 roles with a posted hourly rate."]},{"id":"pay-against-market","title":"What Saronic advertises it pays","question":"Does Saronic put a rate on its listings, and does it pay more or less than other employers for the same kind of work?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Roles","unit":"text"},{"key":"stated","label":"Stating an hourly rate","unit":"percent"},{"key":"median","label":"Its median per hour","unit":"usd","bar":true},{"key":"band","label":"Its middle half","unit":"text","secondary":true},{"key":"others","label":"Other employers' median","unit":"usd"},{"key":"gap","label":"Its median against theirs","unit":"percent","signed":true},{"key":"priced","label":"Its postings with a rate","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"all","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"All its open roles","stated":40,"median":null,"band":null,"others":27,"gap":null,"priced":2}},{"key":"teleoperation","href":"/roles/teleoperation","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Robot Teleoperation","stated":40,"median":null,"band":null,"others":26,"gap":null,"priced":2}}],"sample":"On 17 Oct 2026, 2 of Saronic's 5 open roles carried an hourly rate, against 215 of 1,024 at other employers.","notes":["Pay means the hourly rate written into the posting; where it gives a range, the midpoint is used. The middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile.","Medians appear only from 8 posted rates up, and a comparison needs that many on both sides. The same-kinds row averages the gap over every kind where both sides clear that bar, weighting each kind by how many priced roles the employer has in it. That way an employer that simply lists higher-paid work does not look like it pays more for identical work."]},{"id":"location-rules","title":"Where applicants for Saronic roles can be based","question":"Can people apply to Saronic from any country, or only from certain ones?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Location rule","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Its open roles","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its roles","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"others","label":"Share on other employers","unit":"percent"}],"rows":[{"key":"global","cells":{"group":"Open worldwide","roles":0,"share":0,"others":0.3}},{"key":"exclude","cells":{"group":"Worldwide except listed countries","roles":0,"share":0,"others":0}},{"key":"include","cells":{"group":"Only listed countries","roles":5,"share":100,"others":99.7}},{"key":"unknown","cells":{"group":"No rule stated","roles":0,"share":0,"others":0}}],"sample":"Saronic's 5 open roles on 17 Oct 2026, set beside the 1,024 open at other employers.","notes":["Each rule comes from the location written in the posting; if the posting says nothing, the employer's own statement about where it hires fills the gap. The rule only covers where applications are accepted. Tax, payment and work-permit rules may still apply."]},{"id":"countries-named","title":"Where Saronic's country-limited roles are open","question":"Which countries appear when Saronic restricts a role to certain places?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Country","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Limited roles naming it","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its country-limited jobs","unit":"percent"},{"key":"sole","label":"Open only there","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"US","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"United States","roles":5,"share":100,"sole":5}}],"sample":"On 17 Oct 2026, 5 of Saronic's 5 open roles took applications only from named countries, and 5 of those named just one. 1 country in total.","notes":["A role that lists several countries is counted under each one. \"Open only there\" counts roles whose list holds this country and no other."]},{"id":"listing-flow","title":"New and taken-down listings at Saronic","question":"How many roles did Saronic put up, and how many came down?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Measure","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Roles","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"others","label":"Other employers","unit":"count","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"open-start","cells":{"group":"Open as 20 Sep 2026 began","roles":null,"others":644}},{"key":"new","cells":{"group":"New listings","roles":0,"others":106}},{"key":"removed","cells":{"group":"Removed listings","roles":4,"others":108}},{"key":"open-end","cells":{"group":"Open as 17 Oct 2026 closed","roles":5,"others":1024}}],"sample":"Saronic's listings, 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 (tracking began mid-window).","notes":["A new listing is a role that first appeared during the window, not counting the employer's opening week in this dataset. A removed listing dropped out of the feed during the window. One role can be both.","Tracking of Saronic started on 21 Sep 2026, so roles that showed up that week are treated as its back catalogue rather than new listings; there is also no opening count for it.","The opening count for other employers skips any employer whose tracking began inside the window."]},{"id":"days-listed","title":"Time online for Saronic's removed roles","question":"Before Saronic took a role down, how long had it been posted?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Days listed","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Removed roles","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"others","label":"Share on other employers","unit":"percent","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"under-7","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Under 7 days","roles":0,"share":0,"others":11.5}},{"key":"7-13","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"7 to 13 days","roles":0,"share":0,"others":6.3}},{"key":"14-29","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"14 to 29 days","roles":3,"share":75,"others":30.2}},{"key":"30-59","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"30 to 59 days","roles":1,"share":25,"others":19.8}},{"key":"60-plus","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"60 days or more","roles":0,"share":0,"others":32.3}}],"sample":"4 roles with a known listing date that Saronic took down from 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026; other employers: 34.4 days across 96 roles.","notes":["Days listed run from the posting date on the job board (or, failing that, the role's first day in the feed) to the last day the role was seen. Back-catalogue roles with no posting date are excluded.","No median is given below 10 removed roles. Employers never say why a role came down: it could have been filled, put on hold or closed."]},{"id":"title-words","title":"What Saronic calls the work","question":"Does Saronic title its roles operator, teleoperator, driver, technician or data collector, and how often each?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Title word","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Its open roles","unit":"count","bar":true},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its roles","unit":"percent"},{"key":"others","label":"Share on other employers","unit":"percent"},{"key":"median","label":"Its median per hour","unit":"usd","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"specialist","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Specialist","roles":5,"share":100,"others":11.3,"median":null}},{"key":"none","cells":{"group":"None of these words","roles":0,"share":0,"others":6.9,"median":null}}],"sample":"Saronic's 5 open roles on 17 Oct 2026, sorted by the words in each title, using the word list from the job titles report.","notes":["One title can contain more than one of these words ('Robot Teleoperator (AI & Robotics)') and counts under each, so the shares can total over 100%. Matching is on whole words and ignores case."]},{"id":"requirements","title":"What roles at Saronic ask for","question":"Do the roles Saronic lists require a degree, a licence, a minimum age, experience or checks?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"The description","unit":"text"},{"key":"roles","label":"Its roles","unit":"count"},{"key":"share","label":"Share of its roles read","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"others","label":"Other employers with descriptions","unit":"percent"}],"rows":[{"key":"any-degree","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Requires a college degree (alone or with an alternative)","roles":5,"share":100,"others":5}},{"key":"drivers-license","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Requires a driver's license","roles":5,"share":100,"others":52.5}},{"key":"credential","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Requires a CDL, Part 107 or pilot license","roles":0,"share":0,"others":9.2}},{"key":"age","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"States a minimum age","roles":0,"share":0,"others":16.3}},{"key":"lift","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"States a weight to lift","roles":5,"share":100,"others":28.6}},{"key":"years","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Requires years of work experience","roles":5,"share":100,"others":13.1}},{"key":"hours","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"States weekly hours","roles":0,"share":0,"others":6.8}},{"key":"checks","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Requires a background check","roles":0,"share":0,"others":18.6}},{"key":"drug","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Mentions a drug test","roles":0,"share":0,"others":17.3}},{"key":"shifts","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Mentions night, weekend or rotating shifts","roles":5,"share":100,"others":43.8}},{"key":"contractor","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Mentions contractor or freelance terms","roles":0,"share":0,"others":3.3}}],"sample":"Full descriptions for 5 of Saronic's 5 open roles on 17 Oct 2026, set against 1,024 roles from the 72 other employers and programs whose boards publish descriptions. Median years asked: 3.","notes":["Read with the requirements report's readers: degrees, licences, age, lifting, years and background checks count only as requirements (a preference does not count); hours, drug tests, shifts and terms count wherever the description mentions them.","Years and hours get a median only when 5 or more roles state them. For an hours range, the lower number is used."]},{"id":"application-form","title":"The Saronic application form, field by field","question":"Which details does Saronic's application form request, and which ones are mandatory?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Item","unit":"text"},{"key":"asked","label":"Its forms asking","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"required","label":"Its forms requiring it","unit":"percent"},{"key":"others","label":"Other employers' forms asking","unit":"percent","secondary":true}],"rows":[{"key":"github","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"GitHub profile","asked":100,"required":0,"others":69.6}},{"key":"linkedin","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"LinkedIn profile","asked":100,"required":0,"others":89.4}},{"key":"location","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Location or country","asked":100,"required":100,"others":91}},{"key":"portfolio","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Portfolio or website","asked":100,"required":0,"others":75.6}},{"key":"resume","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Resume or CV","asked":100,"required":100,"others":100}},{"key":"company","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Current employer","asked":0,"required":0,"others":69.6}},{"key":"cover","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Cover letter","asked":0,"required":0,"others":17.9}},{"key":"files","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Other file uploads","asked":0,"required":0,"others":1.2}},{"key":"phone","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Phone number","asked":0,"required":0,"others":92.8}}],"sample":"Application forms for 5 of Saronic's 5 open roles on 17 Oct 2026, pulled from its applicant-tracking system (Ashby). The median form has 11 fields and 5 custom questions; across 726 forms at other employers the median is 15 fields.","notes":["\"Required\" means the form cannot be sent without it. Every form asks for name and email, so those are left off. Where an employer's process has stages (a short form, then an assessment), only the first form is read."]},{"id":"screening-questions","title":"Saronic's own screening questions","question":"Past the resume, what else does Saronic want to know from applicants?","columns":[{"key":"group","label":"Question theme","unit":"text"},{"key":"share","label":"Its forms asking","unit":"percent","bar":true},{"key":"forms","label":"Forms","unit":"count","secondary":true},{"key":"others","label":"Other employers' forms asking","unit":"percent"}],"rows":[{"key":"shifts","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Shifts, nights or weekends","share":100,"forms":5,"others":11.4}},{"key":"age","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Age or being over 18","share":0,"forms":0,"others":0.6}},{"key":"authorization","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Work authorization or visa sponsorship","share":0,"forms":0,"others":20.9}},{"key":"availability","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Availability, hours or start date","share":0,"forms":0,"others":2.3}},{"key":"background","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Background check or drug screening consent","share":0,"forms":0,"others":2.9}},{"key":"credential","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Licence or certification","share":0,"forms":0,"others":1.1}},{"key":"driving","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Driver's license, driving record or CDL","share":0,"forms":0,"others":7.6}},{"key":"education","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Degree or field of study","share":0,"forms":0,"others":4.3}},{"key":"experience","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Years of experience in a field","share":0,"forms":0,"others":1.5}},{"key":"languages","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Languages spoken or fluency","share":0,"forms":0,"others":1.5}},{"key":"pay","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Expected pay or rate","share":0,"forms":0,"others":15.4}},{"key":"physical","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Lifting or physical requirements","share":0,"forms":0,"others":0.6}},{"key":"referral","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Where you found the posting","share":0,"forms":0,"others":0.1}},{"key":"robot-experience","thin":true,"cells":{"group":"Prior robotics, teleoperation or driving work","share":0,"forms":0,"others":5.9}}],"sample":"5 application forms from Saronic's open roles on 17 Oct 2026. Each custom question is sorted into themes by its label.","notes":["One question may fall under several themes. Demographic questions tend to be optional and exist for equal-opportunity reporting."]}]}