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Applicant Demand for AI Training Work

AITraining.jobs Research Report, data from 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026. By Yuma Heymans, AITraining.jobs (O-mega Enterprise, Inc.), Newark, Delaware, United States.

Summary

From 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026, people on AITraining.jobs made 6,200 apply clicks; per open role, interest was highest in Writing & Content (3.34x the average role) and lowest in Multilingual & Localization (0.59x).

Question: Where do people who want AI training work apply, and which roles are short of applicants?

Tables

• clicks-by-work-type.csv: Apply clicks by kind of work
• demand-per-role.csv: Applicant demand per open role, by kind of work
• demand-by-pay.csv: Applicant demand by advertised hourly pay
• demand-by-listing-age.csv: Applicant demand by how long a role has been listed
• demand-by-location-rule.csv: Applicant demand by who can apply
• attention-concentration.csv: How concentrated applicant attention is
• weekly-apply-clicks.csv: Apply clicks per week
• weekly-mix-by-work-type.csv: Share of apply clicks by kind of work, week by week

Paper

The full paper with method, limitations and disclosure is paper.pdf in this repository.

Source and method

Apply clicks made on AITraining.jobs, joined to the role clicked and the days each role was open.

The live, daily-updated version of this report is at https://aitraining.jobs/research/applicant-demand?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=repository&utm_campaign=research-2026-10.

License and citation

CC BY 4.0. Cite as:

Heymans, Y. (2026). Applicant Demand for AI Training Work. AITraining.jobs Research Report, data from 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026. https://aitraining.jobs/research/applicant-demand

Disclosure: AITraining.jobs receives referral fees from some platforms it lists; this does not change any figure.