{"end":"2026-09-13","url":"https://aipaylist.com/reports/weekly","name":"AIPayList weekly AI training pay briefing","week":"2026-W37","as_of":"2026-09-14","start":"2026-09-07","license":"CC BY 4.0","overall":{"n":490,"p25":45,"p75":120,"median":77,"nListings":2670},"citation":"AIPayList. (2026). Weekly AI training pay briefing, 2026-W37. Retrieved 2026-09-14, from https://aipaylist.com/reports/weekly","findings":["Across 2,833 open roles, typical top rates of $45–$120/hr (median $77/hr, from 490 distinct listed rates across 14 platforms).","452 roles first appeared in the 7 days to 2026-09-14.","Highest new listing in the last 7 days: Dermatologist, U.S. Licensed on Mercor at $270/hr.","Best-paying field right now is software engineering, median $100/hr (highest $400/hr, n=81).","Terac median moved up 45% since 2026-09-06, $55 to $80/hr (as of 2026-09-14).","Mercor median moved up 13% since 2026-09-06, $80 to $90/hr (as of 2026-09-14).","273 listings closed in the 7 days to 2026-09-14. Roles fill, so apply the same day when one fits."],"markdown":"https://aipaylist.com/reports/weekly.md","open_jobs":2833,"top_field":{"n":81,"key":"engineering","label":"Software engineering","median":100},"window_to":"2026-09-14","highest_new":{"id":"4592ed56-7037-4fcc-be6e-3cfbd5100ebc","rate":270,"title":"Dermatologist, U.S. Licensed","platform_id":"mercor","platformName":"Mercor","first_seen_at":"2026-09-10T04:30:18.306395+00:00"},"window_days":7,"window_from":"2026-09-06","new_last_7_days":452,"closed_last_7_days":273,"corrections":[{"day":"2026-09-24","text":"Correction, 24 September 2026: the best-paying field line above named the field holding the single highest listed rate, with ties going to the larger sample. It did not compare medians, so another field may have had a higher median that week. The median and sample it quotes are right for the field it names. The live briefing now names the field with the highest median in the pay index's field table, which still lists fields by their highest listed rate."},{"day":"2026-09-24","text":"Correction, 24 September 2026: the platform count in the first line above counted only the platforms with at least 5 distinct listed rates, the rows of the pay index's platform table. The distinct rates in that line came from more platforms than that. The rates, the range and the median it quotes are right."},{"day":"2026-09-28","text":"Correction, 28 September 2026: the best-paying field line above took its median and n from the pay index's field table, which until 28 September counted a pay band posted in more than one field only once, in whichever field's listing it read first. So that field's own page listed more distinct rates than the n quoted, and the median of all of them may differ from the one quoted. The live briefing now measures each field from the rates its own page shows."}]}