2026-W39 · 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-27

What AI training work listed, week of 2026-09-21

This edition is frozen. It says what the feeds showed during that week and is never recomputed, so the figures below will read the same in a year as they do now. The current week is at the live briefing.

• Across 2,952 open roles, typical top rates of $45–$120/hr (median $77/hr, from 510 distinct listed rates across 18 platforms).
• 230 roles first appeared in the 7 days to 2026-09-28.
• Highest new listing in the last 7 days: Consulting Specialist on micro1 at $350/hr.
• Best-paying field right now, by median top rate, is law & legal at $130/hr (highest $400/hr, n=32 distinct rates).
• micro1 median moved down 6% since 2026-09-20, $85 to $80/hr (as of 2026-09-28).
• Handshake AI median moved down 6% since 2026-09-20, $85 to $80/hr (as of 2026-09-28).
• 211 listings closed in the 7 days to 2026-09-28. Roles fill, so apply the same day when one fits.

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.

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