Key findings

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18.9% of the 4,381 roles open on 31 Oct 2026 accepted applicants from any country; 63.0% were limited to listed countries and 18.1% excluded some.
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Red-Teaming & AI Safety was the most open to the world (37% of roles open worldwide); Robotics & Physical-AI Data the least (5%).
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Residents of the United States (2,994), the United Kingdom (2,048) and India (2,007) could apply to the most open roles; a resident of a country no posting names could apply to the 829 worldwide roles.
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The United States was named by 49.8% of the roles limited to listed countries, and 67.2% of limited roles accepted a single country.
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10 countries were each excluded by 747 of the 793 roles otherwise open worldwide, among them DR Congo, China and Cuba.
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Figure 1

Who may apply, by kind of work

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

Kind of work	Open worldwide	Except listed	Only listed countries	No rule	Open roles
All kinds of work	18.5%	18.1%	63.0%	0.4%	4,381
Red-Teaming & AI Safety	37.0%	24.1%	38.9%	0.0%	54
Writing & Content	33.3%	15.2%	51.5%	0.0%	33
Coding & Software Evaluation	29.1%	19.2%	51.7%	0.0%	302
Transcription, Audio & Speech	27.6%	22.7%	47.5%	2.2%	638
Data Annotation & Labeling	18.5%	11.8%	69.3%	0.4%	238
Multilingual & Localization	18.2%	7.1%	74.7%	0.0%	878
Math & STEM	17.3%	20.2%	62.5%	0.0%	248
Research Studies & SurveysSmall sample	16.7%	16.7%	66.7%	0.0%	18
Law, Medicine & Finance	14.9%	21.0%	63.9%	0.2%	1,541
AI Evaluation & Rating (RLHF)	11.1%	20.8%	68.1%	0.0%	207
Agentic Tasks & RL Environments	7.3%	45.2%	47.6%	0.0%	124
Robotics & Physical-AI Data	5.0%	6.0%	89.0%	0.0%	100

Sample. 4,381 roles open at the end of 31 Oct 2026.

The rule is read from each posting's location text, then, where that names no country, from what the posting's own description states, and where both are silent from what the platform states about where it hires.

Rows with fewer than 20.4 open roles are marked as a small sample and not ranked: below that the average of the rows weighs more than a row's own open roles (the weight fitted on the rows' own counts).

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, October 2026 edition.

Figure 2

Open roles a resident of each country can apply to

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

Country	Open roles	Share of all open roles	Median per hour
Any country (worldwide roles only)	829	18.9%	$35
United States	2,994	68.3%	$50
United Kingdom	2,048	46.7%	$50
India	2,007	45.8%	$45
Canada	1,998	45.6%	$50
Australia	1,868	42.6%	$50
Ireland	1,823	41.6%	$50
Germany	1,821	41.6%	$50
New Zealand	1,792	40.9%	$50
France	1,772	40.4%	$50
Mexico	1,761	40.2%	$50
Spain	1,752	40.0%	$50
Indonesia	1,747	39.9%	$50
Singapore	1,733	39.6%	$50
Italy	1,730	39.5%	$50
Poland	1,721	39.3%	$50
Philippines	1,713	39.1%	$50
Portugal	1,713	39.1%	$50
Netherlands	1,707	39.0%	$50
Malaysia	1,706	38.9%	$50
Sweden	1,704	38.9%	$50
Belgium	1,697	38.7%	$50
Denmark	1,696	38.7%	$50
Switzerland	1,694	38.7%	$50
Romania	1,692	38.6%	$50
Thailand	1,692	38.6%	$50
Czechia	1,691	38.6%	$50
Finland	1,690	38.6%	$50
Austria	1,685	38.5%	$50
Greece	1,685	38.5%	$50
Latvia	1,685	38.5%	$50
Norway	1,685	38.5%	$50
Bulgaria	1,684	38.4%	$50
Hungary	1,682	38.4%	$50
Lithuania	1,682	38.4%	$50
Estonia	1,679	38.3%	$50
Slovakia	1,679	38.3%	$50
Luxembourg	1,677	38.3%	$50
Malta	1,677	38.3%	$50
Vietnam	1,676	38.3%	$50
Croatia	1,670	38.1%	$50

Sample. 4,381 roles open at the end of 31 Oct 2026; the 40 countries with the most, of 213 named by some posting.

A country's count is the roles open worldwide (including roles that state no rule, as on the job board), plus roles whose list names it, plus roles whose exclusion list does not.

Median pay is over the roles open to that country that state an hourly rate (at least 3).

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, October 2026 edition.

Figure 3

Countries named by roles limited to listed countries

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

Country	Limited roles naming it	Share of limited roles	Open only there
United States	1,374	49.8%	859
United Kingdom	427	15.5%	46
India	385	14.0%	134
Canada	376	13.6%	46
Australia	246	8.9%	11
Ireland	202	7.3%	3
Germany	200	7.2%	27
New Zealand	170	6.2%	4
Brazil	165	6.0%	60
France	151	5.5%	32
Mexico	139	5.0%	28
Spain	131	4.7%	31
Indonesia	126	4.6%	16
Philippines	125	4.5%	26
Pakistan	122	4.4%	5
Malaysia	117	4.2%	10
Bangladesh	116	4.2%	1
Singapore	111	4.0%	18
Italy	109	4.0%	22
Thailand	103	3.7%	13
Poland	100	3.6%	19
Portugal	92	3.3%	11
Argentina	88	3.2%	25
Vietnam	87	3.2%	8
Netherlands	86	3.1%	16

Sample. 2,759 roles open on 31 Oct 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries; 1,853 of them name a single country.

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

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, October 2026 edition.

Figure 4

Countries excluded by roles open elsewhere

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

Country	Roles excluding it	Share of such roles
DR Congo	747	94.2%
China	747	94.2%
Cuba	747	94.2%
Iran	747	94.2%
North Korea	747	94.2%
Libya	747	94.2%
Sudan	747	94.2%
Somalia	747	94.2%
South Sudan	747	94.2%
Syria	747	94.2%
Afghanistan	746	94.1%
Belarus	746	94.1%
Iraq	746	94.1%
Myanmar	746	94.1%
Russia	746	94.1%
Ukraine	746	94.1%
Venezuela	746	94.1%
Yemen	746	94.1%
Burundi	524	66.1%
Central African Republic	524	66.1%

Sample. 793 roles open on 31 Oct 2026 that are open worldwide except listed countries.

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

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, October 2026 edition.

Figure 5

How many countries a limited role accepts

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

Countries accepted	Limited roles	Share
One country	1,853	67.2%
2 to 5 countries	506	18.3%
6 to 20 countries	330	12.0%
21 countries or more	70	2.5%

Sample. 2,759 roles open on 31 Oct 2026 that only accept applicants from listed countries.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Where AI Training Work Is Open, October 2026 edition.

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  author = {{AITraining.jobs}},
  title = {Where AI Training Work Is Open, October 2026 edition},
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  howpublished = {\url{https://aitraining.jobs/research/where-ai-training-work-is-open/2026-10}},
}

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