{"id":12,"date":"2026-08-13T16:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-job-market-statistics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:26:08","slug":"ai-job-market-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-job-market-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Job Market Statistics (August 2026): Live Data from a Screened Jobs Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.gaw-updated{font-size:.85rem;color:#64748b;margin:0 0 1.2rem}\n.gaw-answer{background:#eef6ff;border-left:5px solid #1d4ed8;padding:1.1rem 1.3rem;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;margin:1.4rem 0;font-size:1.05rem;line-height:1.6}\n.gaw-answer strong{color:#1e3a8a}\n.gaw-facts{background:#f8fafc;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:10px;padding:1.1rem 1.4rem;margin:1.4rem 0}\n.gaw-facts p{margin:0 0 .4rem;font-weight:700;font-size:.95rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.04em;color:#475569}\n.gaw-facts ul{margin:.4rem 0 0 1.1rem;padding:0}\n.gaw-facts li{margin:.35rem 0;line-height:1.5}\n.gaw-tablewrap{overflow-x:auto;margin:1.4rem 0}\n.gaw-table{border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;font-size:.95rem}\n.gaw-table th{background:#0f172a;color:#fff;text-align:left;padding:.6rem .8rem}\n.gaw-table td{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e8f0;padding:.6rem .8rem;vertical-align:top}\n.gaw-table tr:nth-child(even) td{background:#f8fafc}\n.gaw-cta{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#0f172a,#1e3a8a);color:#fff;border-radius:14px;padding:1.5rem 1.6rem;margin:2rem 0;text-align:center}\n.gaw-cta p{color:#e2e8f0;margin:.3rem 0 1rem}\n.gaw-cta strong{color:#fff;font-size:1.15rem}\n.gaw-cta a.gaw-btn{display:inline-block;background:#34d399;color:#052e22;font-weight:800;padding:.85rem 1.6rem;border-radius:999px;text-decoration:none}\n.gaw-cta .gaw-sub{font-size:.8rem;color:#94a3b8;margin-top:.7rem}\n.gaw-author{display:flex;gap:1rem;align-items:center;background:#f8fafc;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:12px;padding:1rem 1.2rem;margin:2rem 0}\n.gaw-author img{width:64px;height:64px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;flex-shrink:0}\n.gaw-author p{margin:.15rem 0;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.45}\n.gaw-faq h3{margin:1.3rem 0 .35rem;font-size:1.06rem}\n.gaw-faq p{margin:0 0 .6rem}\n.gaw-toc{background:#f8fafc;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:10px;padding:.9rem 1.3rem;margin:1.2rem 0;font-size:.93rem}\n.gaw-toc ul{margin:.3rem 0 0 1rem;padding:0}\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"gaw-updated\">By <a href=\"\/articles\/about\/\">Mufy Pachorawala<\/a>, founder of getAIwork \u00b7 Last updated: <strong>August 21, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-answer\"><strong>As of August 21, 2026, the getAIwork board lists 1,186 live, human-approved AI work listings:<\/strong> 607 paid platform programmes (51%), 547 conventional jobs (46%) and 32 freelance gigs (3%). 549 listings (46%) are fully remote, and 132 (11%) are explicitly beginner-friendly. The figures come from a screened live board \u2014 38,332 raw posts screened to date \u2014 and are updated weekly.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gaw-facts\">\n<p>Key facts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1,186<\/strong> live AI listings right now \u2014 filled listings are deleted daily, so this is open inventory, not a running total<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paid platform programmes are now the largest category<\/strong> at 607 (51%), ahead of conventional jobs at 547<\/li>\n<li><strong>46% tagged fully remote<\/strong> (549 listings)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Only 11% are beginner-friendly<\/strong> \u2014 60% ask for advanced skills<\/li>\n<li><strong>68% technical \u00b7 26% writing-centred \u00b7 6% visual<\/strong> skill demand<\/li>\n<li><strong>38,332<\/strong> raw posts screened by our pipeline to date, every live listing human-approved<\/li>\n<li>The board is <strong>free and public<\/strong> at <a href='https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/'>getaiwork.com\/board\/<\/a> \u2014 machine-readable data at <a href='https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/stats.json'>stats.json<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gaw-toc\"><strong>On this page:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#by-type\">Listings by type<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#by-skill\">Skill demand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#by-level\">Experience levels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#read\">What the numbers say<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#method\">Methodology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"by-type\">How many AI jobs are open right now, by type?<\/h2>\n<p>The single biggest shift in this data over recent months is that <strong>recurring paid platform programmes have overtaken conventional jobs<\/strong> as the largest category. These are ongoing task-work programmes \u2014 AI model training, annotation, evaluation \u2014 with rolling intake rather than a single hire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-tablewrap\">\n<table class=\"gaw-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Listing type<\/th>\n<th>Live listings<\/th>\n<th>Share<\/th>\n<th>What it means<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Platform programmes<\/td>\n<td>607<\/td>\n<td>51%<\/td>\n<td>Paid task work: AI training, annotation, evaluation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jobs<\/td>\n<td>547<\/td>\n<td>46%<\/td>\n<td>Salaried or contract roles, AI skills central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gigs<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>3%<\/td>\n<td>Freelance project work with a defined deliverable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,186<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<td>Screened &amp; human-approved; filled listings deleted daily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"by-skill\">Which skills does open AI work actually ask for?<\/h2>\n<p>Roughly two-thirds of live listings are technical. But 26% are writing-centred \u2014 prompt work, content, linguistic evaluation and review \u2014 which remains the clearest evidence that a non-coding route into paid AI work exists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-tablewrap\">\n<table class=\"gaw-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Skill family<\/th>\n<th>Live listings<\/th>\n<th>Share<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Technical (data, engineering, evaluation)<\/td>\n<td>808<\/td>\n<td>68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Words (writing, prompts, linguistic review)<\/td>\n<td>307<\/td>\n<td>26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Visuals (design, image\/video)<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<td>6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"by-level\">How much experience do AI listings require?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gaw-tablewrap\">\n<table class=\"gaw-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Level asked for<\/th>\n<th>Live listings<\/th>\n<th>Share<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Beginner-friendly<\/td>\n<td>132<\/td>\n<td>11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Intermediate<\/td>\n<td>340<\/td>\n<td>29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Advanced<\/td>\n<td>714<\/td>\n<td>60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>This remains the least-quoted and most important number in the AI-work conversation: <strong>most open AI work is not entry-level.<\/strong> Anyone describing this market as full of easy, no-skill money is selling something. The realistic route for a beginner runs through the 11% \u2014 beginner-friendly listings and platform task work \u2014 building demonstrable skill and moving up into the 29%.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"read\">What the numbers actually say (honest read)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Platform task work is now the centre of gravity.<\/strong> At 51% of open listings it is the largest category, and it has the lowest entry barrier of the three.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most of the work is still skilled.<\/strong> 60% asks for advanced capability. The market is real, but it is not undemanding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Writing is a legitimate on-ramp.<\/strong> 26% of demand is words-centred. A lack of coding does not lock you out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remote is now close to half the board<\/strong> at 46%, up substantially \u2014 largely because platform programmes are remote by nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gaw-cta\"><strong>Browse all 1,186 live listings \u2014 free, no signup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The board is public. Or take the 2-minute match quiz to filter it to what fits your skills, level and location.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gaw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/?h=jobs&#038;utm_source=articles&#038;utm_medium=organic&#038;utm_content=ai-job-market-statistics\">Take the 2-minute match quiz \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-sub\">Free to take \u00b7 real listings, screened daily \u00b7 no income promises, ever<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"method\">Methodology<\/h2>\n<p>An automated pipeline monitors public job sources and has screened <strong>38,332<\/strong> &#8216;AI job&#8217; posts to date, filtering out expired, duplicate, misleading and pay-to-apply postings. Every listing that survives screening is reviewed and approved by a human before going live. Filled or stale listings are deleted daily, so the counts above describe <em>currently open<\/em> inventory \u2014 they are not cumulative. Counts are exported from the live board and this page is refreshed weekly; the &#8216;last updated&#8217; date at the top is the export date. Categories (type, skill family, level, remote) are assigned during screening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cite this page:<\/strong> getAIwork Job Board Index, August 21, 2026 \u2014 https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-job-market-statistics\/. Machine-readable figures are published at <a href='https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/stats.json'>getaiwork.com\/stats.json<\/a>. For the wider picture, pair board-level data like ours with macro sources such as the <a href='https:\/\/hai.stanford.edu\/ai-index' rel='noopener'>Stanford AI Index<\/a> and the <a href='https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/' rel='noopener'>U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Update log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>August 21, 2026<\/strong> \u2014 1,186 live listings, 38,332 screened to date. Platform programmes overtake conventional jobs as the largest category; remote share reaches 46%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 20, 2026<\/strong> \u2014 37,792 screened.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 13, 2026<\/strong> \u2014 first publication: 426 live listings, 36,753 screened to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gaw-faq\">\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<h3>How often are these AI job statistics updated?<\/h3>\n<p>Weekly. Figures are exported from the live getAIwork Work Board, which is refreshed daily and purged of filled listings, so the counts describe current open inventory rather than a cumulative historical total.<\/p>\n<h3>Where does this data come from?<\/h3>\n<p>From the getAIwork Work Board. An automated pipeline has screened 38,332 public &#8216;AI job&#8217; posts to date; a human approves every listing before it goes live. Only currently-open, approved listings are counted. The board is free and public at getaiwork.com\/board\/, and the raw figures are published as JSON at getaiwork.com\/stats.json.<\/p>\n<h3>What counts as an &#8216;AI job&#8217; in this data?<\/h3>\n<p>Three things: salaried or contract jobs where AI skills are central; freelance gigs with a defined deliverable; and platform programmes \u2014 ongoing paid task work such as AI model training, annotation and evaluation, with recurring intake.<\/p>\n<h3>What share of AI listings are beginner-friendly?<\/h3>\n<p>132 of 1,186 live listings \u2014 about 11% \u2014 are explicitly open to beginners. A further 340 (29%) ask for intermediate skills. The majority of open AI work targets people who can already demonstrate a skill.<\/p>\n<h3>How many AI jobs are remote?<\/h3>\n<p>549 of 1,186 live listings (46%) are tagged fully remote. That share has risen substantially in recent months as platform-based task work \u2014 which is remote by nature \u2014 has grown.<\/p>\n<h3>Can I cite these statistics?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Cite as &#8216;getAIwork Job Board Index, August 21, 2026&#8217; and link to this page. It updates weekly, so include the date you accessed it. Machine-readable data is at getaiwork.com\/stats.json under the same terms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How often are these AI job statistics updated?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Weekly. 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I write these articles by the same rules: pay quoted only as listed, and no income promises. <a href=\"\/articles\/about\/\">Read our editorial rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Related: <a href='\/articles\/how-to-make-money-with-ai\/'>How to make money with AI: 17 real ways<\/a> \u00b7 <a href='\/articles\/get-paid-to-train-ai\/'>Get paid to train AI<\/a> \u00b7 <a href='\/articles\/ai-jobs\/'>AI jobs in 2026: the complete guide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live AI job market data, updated weekly: 1,186 screened AI listings currently open \u2014 type, skill and experience splits, remote share, and 38,332 postings screened to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai-jobs","tag-ai-job-market","tag-ai-job-statistics","tag-ai-jobs-data"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AI Job Market Statistics (August 2026): Live Data from a Screened Jobs Board - getAIwork Articles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Live AI job market data, updated weekly: 1,186 screened AI listings currently open \u2014 type, skill and experience splits, remote share, and 38,332 postings screened to date.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-job-market-statistics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AI Job Market Statistics (August 2026): Live Data from a Screened Jobs Board - getAIwork Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Live AI job market data, updated weekly: 1,186 screened AI listings currently open \u2014 type, skill and experience splits, remote share, and 38,332 postings screened to date.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-job-market-statistics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"getAIwork Articles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-13T16:52:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-22T14:26:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ai-job-market-statistics-featured.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mufy Pachorawala\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mufy Pachorawala\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/getaiwork.com\\\/articles\\\/ai-job-market-statistics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/getaiwork.com\\\/articles\\\/ai-job-market-statistics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mufy Pachorawala\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/getaiwork.com\\\/articles\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c31cd7f6a7921d0e146cb06c49b0d39d\"},\"headline\":\"AI Job Market Statistics (August 2026): Live Data from a Screened Jobs Board\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-13T16:52:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-22T14:26:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/getaiwork.com\\\/articles\\\/ai-job-market-statistics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1011,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/getaiwork.com\\\/articles\\\/ai-job-market-statistics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/getaiwork.com\\\/articles\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/ai-job-market-statistics-card2.png\",\"keywords\":[\"AI job market\",\"AI job statistics\",\"AI jobs data\"],\"articleSection\":[\"AI Jobs &amp; 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