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Where Robot Training Work Is Open

On 9 Oct 2026, 0.8% of open robot training roles accepted applicants from any country; residents of the United States could apply to the most (366 of 745).

Data window
12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026
28 days, UTC
Computed
10 Oct 2026, 21:13 UTC
Recomputed every day
Source
The public job boards of the robot training employers and programs this site tracks, read every day.
Method
Version 1. Definitions
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of open roles accept applicants anywhere
1%
countries named by location rules
206
open roles for residents of the United States
366

Key findings

  1. 1

    0.8% of the 745 roles open on 9 Oct 2026 accepted applicants from any country; 99.2% were limited to listed countries and 0.0% excluded some.

    Figure 1
  2. 2

    Embodied-AI Data Annotation was the most open to the world (30% of roles open worldwide); Robot Teleoperation the least (0%).

    Figure 1
  3. 3

    Residents of the United States (366), Canada (43) and Germany (40) could apply to the most open roles; a resident of a country no posting names could apply to the 6 worldwide roles.

    Figure 2
  4. 4

    The United States was named by 48.7% of the roles limited to listed countries, and 97.7% of limited roles accepted a single country.

    Figure 3

Figure 1

Who may apply, by kind of work

Which kinds of robot training work are open to applicants anywhere in the world?

Kind of workOpen worldwideExcept listedOnly listed countries
All kinds of work
0.8%
0.0%99.2%
Embodied-AI Data Annotation
30.0%
0.0%70.0%
Data & Demonstration Collection
4.8%
0.0%95.2%
AV & Drone Operators
0.0%
0.0%100.0%
Egocentric & Wearable Capture
0.0%
0.0%100.0%
Robot Fleet Operations
0.0%
0.0%100.0%
Robot Task Evaluation & QA
0.0%
0.0%100.0%
Robot Teleoperation
0.0%
0.0%100.0%

Sample. 745 roles open at the end of 9 Oct 2026.

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, Where Robot Training Work Is Open, live data.

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Figure 2

Open roles a resident of each country can apply to

Which countries can apply to the most robot training roles, and what do those roles pay?

CountryOpen rolesShare of all open roles
Any country (worldwide roles only)
6
0.8%
United States
366
49.1%
Canada
43
5.8%
Germany
40
5.4%
Japan
39
5.2%
Switzerland
32
4.3%
United Kingdom
30
4.0%
Spain
29
3.9%
Italy
28
3.8%
Philippines
24
3.2%
Indonesia
23
3.1%
Netherlands
23
3.1%
France
22
3.0%
Belgium
19
2.6%
Malaysia
19
2.6%
Mexico
18
2.4%
Australia
17
2.3%
Brazil
17
2.3%
Chile
17
2.3%
Colombia
17
2.3%
Peru
17
2.3%
Vietnam
17
2.3%
Argentina
16
2.1%
Sweden
16
2.1%
Norway
15
2.0%
Austria
14
1.9%
Poland
14
1.9%
Thailand
14
1.9%
Finland
13
1.7%
India
13
1.7%
Bulgaria
12
1.6%
Denmark
12
1.6%
Ecuador
12
1.6%
Estonia
12
1.6%
Luxembourg
12
1.6%
Portugal
12
1.6%
Romania
12
1.6%
Bolivia
11
1.5%
Costa Rica
11
1.5%
Cyprus
11
1.5%
Dominican Republic
11
1.5%

Sample. 745 roles open at the end of 9 Oct 2026; the 40 countries with the most, of 206 named by some posting.

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.

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

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, Where Robot Training Work Is Open, live data.

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Figure 3

Countries named by roles limited to listed countries

When a role is limited to some countries, which countries does it name?

CountryLimited roles naming itShare of limited roles
United States
360
48.7%
Canada
37
5.0%
Germany
34
4.6%
Japan
33
4.5%
Switzerland
26
3.5%
United Kingdom
24
3.2%
Spain
23
3.1%
Italy
22
3.0%
Philippines
18
2.4%
Indonesia
17
2.3%
Netherlands
17
2.3%
France
16
2.2%
Belgium
13
1.8%
Malaysia
13
1.8%
Mexico
12
1.6%
Australia
11
1.5%
Brazil
11
1.5%
Chile
11
1.5%
Colombia
11
1.5%
Peru
11
1.5%
Vietnam
11
1.5%
Argentina
10
1.4%
Sweden
10
1.4%
Norway
9
1.2%
Austria
8
1.1%

Sample. 739 roles open on 9 Oct 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries; 722 of them name a single country.

Open only there: roles whose list names this country alone.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, Where Robot Training Work Is Open, live data.

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Figure 4

Countries excluded by roles open elsewhere

Which countries are left out of roles that are otherwise open worldwide?

No data in this window.

Sample. 0 roles open on 9 Oct 2026 that are open worldwide except listed countries.

Exclusions usually follow payment and sanctions rules: where an employer cannot pay or contract, not where it has no work.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, Where Robot Training Work Is Open, live data.

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Figure 5

How many countries a limited role accepts

Are country-limited roles open to one country or to a region?

Countries acceptedLimited rolesShare
One country722
97.7%
2 to 5 countries7
0.9%
6 to 20 countries5
0.7%
21 countries or more5
0.7%

Sample. 739 roles open on 9 Oct 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries.

Source. RobotTraining.jobs Research, Where Robot Training Work Is Open, live data.

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Method and definitions

The public job boards of the robot training employers and programs this site tracks, read every day. 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.

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. Roles with no stated rule count for no country.
Open role
A role listed by a given day and still in its employer's feed that day.
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.
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, from robot teleoperation and demonstration collection to egocentric capture, embodied-AI annotation, robot evaluation, fleet operations and AV and drone operation. Every kind links to its own page.
Window
Live: the last 28 complete days, in UTC. Edition: one calendar month, in UTC.

What this data cannot tell you

  • 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.
  • A location rule says where an employer accepts applicants; most robot training work is also tied to a site, and tax, payment and work-permit rules still apply.

How the job feeds are read and roles are classified: site methodology. How fresh, complete and consistent the data is, checked every day: data quality and coverage.

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Citation

RobotTraining.jobs (2026). Where Robot Training Work Is Open (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026). https://robottraining.jobs/research/where-robot-training-work-is-open (accessed 10 Oct 2026)

BibTeX

@misc{robottrainingjobs_where_robot_training_work_is_open_live,
  author = {{RobotTraining.jobs}},
  title = {Where Robot Training Work Is Open (live data, 12 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://robottraining.jobs/research/where-robot-training-work-is-open}},
  note = {Accessed 10 Oct 2026},
}

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