{"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":"2026-10-07T03:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:57:56","slug":"ai-job-market-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/articles\/ai-job-market-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Job Market Statistics (October 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.gaw-verdict{background:#f0fdf4;border:1px solid #bbf7d0;border-radius:10px;padding:1rem 1.3rem;margin:1.4rem 0;line-height:1.6}\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"gaw-updated\">By <a href=\"\/articles\/about\/\">Mufy Pachorawala<\/a>, founder of getAIwork &middot; Last updated: <strong>October 7, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-answer\"><strong>As of October 7, 2026, the getAIwork board lists 1,651 live, human-approved AI work listings:<\/strong> 1,048 conventional jobs (63%), 531 paid platform programmes (32%) and 72 freelance gigs (4%). 547 listings (33%) are fully remote, and 198 (12%) are explicitly beginner-friendly. The figures come from a screened live board, 44,603 raw posts screened to date, and this page is rebuilt from the board every day.<\/div>\n<div class=\"gaw-facts\">\n<p>Key facts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1,651<\/strong> live AI listings right now. Filled listings are deleted daily, so this is open inventory, not a running total<\/li>\n<li><strong>1,704 listings 10 days ago<\/strong>, so the board shrank by 53 over the week<\/li>\n<li><strong>1,009 of 1,651 listings state a rate (61%).<\/strong> Every median on this page is calculated over that group only, and a rate is what a poster listed, not what anyone is paid<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licensed profession lists the highest median pay<\/strong> at <strong>$312,000<\/strong> a year and $150 an hour, as listed; <strong>language lists the lowest<\/strong> at $70,293 and $34<\/li>\n<li><strong>198 beginner-friendly listings (12%)<\/strong> against 1,048 (63%) asking for advanced capability<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conventional jobs 1,048, platform programmes 531<\/strong>, a gap of 517 listings<\/li>\n<li><strong>547 listings (33%) are fully remote<\/strong> and 1,104 are on site or hybrid<\/li>\n<li><strong>44,603<\/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>, with 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=\"#by-domain\">Backgrounds and listed pay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#read\">What the numbers say<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#week\">This week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#method\">Methodology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:.9rem;color:#475569;background:#f8fafc;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:10px;padding:.8rem 1.1rem;margin:1.2rem 0\"><strong>Every row in the tables below links straight to that slice of the free board.<\/strong> The board is live and filled listings are removed daily, so a filtered view will drift a little from the snapshot on this page. The snapshot is the figure to cite; the board is the figure to apply to.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"by-type\">How many AI jobs are open right now, by type?<\/h2>\n<p>Conventional jobs lead with 1,048 listings (63%), ahead of recurring paid platform programmes at 531 (32%) and freelance gigs at 72 (4%). Jobs are up 62 from 986 10 days ago. Platform programmes are down 95 from 626 10 days ago.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?type=job\">Jobs<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,048<\/td>\n<td>63%<\/td>\n<td>Salaried or contract roles, AI skills central<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?type=platform\">Platform programmes<\/a><\/td>\n<td>531<\/td>\n<td>32%<\/td>\n<td>Paid task work: AI training, annotation, evaluation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?type=gig\">Gigs<\/a><\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<td>4%<\/td>\n<td>Freelance project work with a defined deliverable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/\">Total<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,651<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>99%<\/td>\n<td>Screened and human-approved; filled listings deleted daily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:#64748b;margin:.4rem 0 0\">Shares are rounded to the nearest point, so the three types sum to 99 rather than 100.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"by-skill\">Which skills does open AI work actually ask for?<\/h2>\n<p>Technical work is 1,060 listings, or 64% of the board: AI data work at 597 and automation at 463. Words-centred work, covering writing, prompt work and linguistic review, is 504 listings (31%). Visual work is 87 listings (5%), split between voice and video at 51 and image and visuals at 36, and it is still the smallest family by a wide margin, so its percentage moves on small numbers.<\/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<th>Browse it on the board<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Technical (data, engineering, evaluation)<\/td>\n<td>1,060<\/td>\n<td>64%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?skill=data\">AI data work<\/a> (597) &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?skill=automation\">Automation<\/a> (463)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Words (writing, prompts, linguistic review)<\/td>\n<td>504<\/td>\n<td>31%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?skill=writing\">Writing<\/a> (504)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Visuals (design, image, video)<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<td>5%<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?skill=image\">Image and visuals<\/a> (36) &middot; <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?skill=video\">Voice and video<\/a> (51)<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?level=beginner\">Beginner-friendly<\/a><\/td>\n<td>198<\/td>\n<td>12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?level=intermediate\">Intermediate<\/a><\/td>\n<td>405<\/td>\n<td>25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?level=advanced\">Advanced<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1,048<\/td>\n<td>63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/\">Total<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,651<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The headline has not changed and probably never will: <strong>most open AI work is not entry-level.<\/strong> 63% asks for advanced capability. Anyone describing this market as full of easy, no-skill money is selling something.<\/p>\n<p>Beginner-friendly listings stand at 198 (12%) and intermediate at 405 (25%). The beginner-friendly count is down 64 from 262 10 days ago.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"by-domain\">Which professional backgrounds does AI work actually pay for?<\/h2>\n<p>This is the breakdown people ask for most and see least: not what the job is, but what you need to have done before it. Every live listing that states a rate is tagged with the background it draws on, 1,009 listings this morning. Licensed profession lists the highest median at $312,000 a year and $150 an hour, and language the lowest at $70,293 and $34, all as listed by the poster.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-tablewrap\">\n<table class=\"gaw-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Background<\/th>\n<th>Listings quoting pay<\/th>\n<th>Share of quoting listings<\/th>\n<th>Median annual (as listed)<\/th>\n<th>Median hourly (as listed)<\/th>\n<th>Middle half, annual<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=licensed\">Licensed profession<\/a><\/td>\n<td>141<\/td>\n<td>14%<\/td>\n<td>$312,000<\/td>\n<td>$150<\/td>\n<td>$208,000 to $416,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=coding\">Coding and software<\/a><\/td>\n<td>386<\/td>\n<td>38%<\/td>\n<td>$180,308<\/td>\n<td>$87<\/td>\n<td>$100,000 to $250,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=stem\">STEM<\/a><\/td>\n<td>200<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>$174,720<\/td>\n<td>$84<\/td>\n<td>$124,800 to $249,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=generalist\">Generalist and writing<\/a><\/td>\n<td>198<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>$145,600<\/td>\n<td>$70<\/td>\n<td>$83,457 to $228,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=language\">Language<\/a><\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>8%<\/td>\n<td>$70,293<\/td>\n<td>$34<\/td>\n<td>$45,760 to $137,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/\">Total<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1,009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">61% of the 1,651 live listings state a rate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:.85rem;color:#64748b;margin:.4rem 0 0\">Pay is the median of what posters list, calculated over the quoting group only. It is not an average of what anyone is paid, and no listing is a promise of earnings. The middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Hourly percentiles are published at <a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/stats.json\">stats.json<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What each background actually means on this board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=coding\">Coding and software<\/a><\/strong> covers software engineering, machine learning engineering and data engineering. The largest quoting group by a distance, and the one with the most competition.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=generalist\">Generalist and writing<\/a><\/strong> covers writing, research, content, prompt design and general model evaluation. No specific vertical required, which is why it is the most reachable of the five.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=stem\">STEM<\/a><\/strong> covers maths, physics, chemistry and biology subject expertise, frequently at postgraduate level.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=licensed\">Licensed profession<\/a><\/strong> covers medicine, law, accounting and chartered engineering. Models are being trained and checked in these fields by people who already hold the credential.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/?domain=language\">Language<\/a><\/strong> covers translation, transcription and linguistic review, usually requiring native or near-native fluency in a specific pair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read that table as a question about yourself rather than about the market. If you already hold a professional licence or a postgraduate science background, the highest-paying part of this board is asking for something you spent years acquiring for other reasons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-cta\"><strong>Browse all 1,651 live listings, 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&amp;utm_source=articles&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_content=ai-job-market-statistics\">Take the 2-minute match quiz &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-sub\">Free to take &middot; real listings, screened daily &middot; no income promises, ever<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"read\">What the numbers actually say (honest read)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The board shrank by 53 listings over the last 10 days<\/strong>, 1,704 to 1,651, on 1,370 newly screened raw posts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1,009 listings state a rate, 61% of the board.<\/strong> Every median above is calculated over that group, so a shift in who is quoting moves the medians without anyone&#8217;s wages changing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>63% of open AI work asks for advanced capability.<\/strong> Beginner-friendly listings are 198 (12%) and intermediate 405 (25%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conventional jobs against platform programmes: 1,048 to 531.<\/strong> If you came to AI work through the task platforms, that is the size of the platform route today, and it is still the second largest category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>547 listings (33%) are fully remote.<\/strong> A remote listing is often open to one country only, so eligibility is the check that comes before applying.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Licensed profession lists the highest median pay, language the lowest.<\/strong> $312,000 against $70,293 a year, as listed. The ordering of medians between backgrounds is worth knowing; the week to week movement of any one median is not worth planning around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"week\">What changed this week<\/h2>\n<p>The board grew by 56 listings in seven days, from 1,654 live on September 24 to 1,710 on October 1, and all of the growth came from conventional roles. Part time and junior roles went from 953 to 1,023, or 58% to 60% of the board. Platform programmes went the other way, 611 to 597, which takes their share from 37% to 35%. Freelance gigs sat at 90 both weeks. Over the last three readings platform programmes have been close to flat, so a 14 listing dip is a wobble, not a turn.<\/p>\n<p>Last week this page said the advanced share had fallen two weeks running and that two weeks is still short. It was right to hedge. This week the streak broke: advanced listings went from 60% to 61% (998 to 1,043), and beginner friendly listings went from 265 to 260, or 16% to 15% on a larger board. The intermediate rung held at 24% (391 to 407). Nothing in the level split has now moved the same way three weeks in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Remote work was the quietest number on the page. Fully remote listings went from 607 to 608, so the share slipped from 37% to 36% only because the board grew around them.<\/p>\n<p>The listed pay medians moved more than the board did, and mostly upward. Licensed professions went from <strong>$228,800<\/strong> a year and <strong>$110<\/strong> an hour to <strong>$270,400<\/strong> and <strong>$130<\/strong>. Generalist and writing went from $128,007 and $62 to $145,600 and $70. STEM went from $166,400 and $80 to $174,720 and $84. Coding and software went down, from $185,518 and $89 to $180,879 and $87. Language work was unchanged at $74,880 and $36. The gap between coding and generalist work, which opened to $58,240 a year last week on this page, is now $35,279.<\/p>\n<p>The caveat matters more than any of those figures. A median moves when the group of listings quoting a rate changes, not when anyone&#8217;s wages do. The quoting group grew from 995 to 1,029 listings this week, coding&#8217;s from 313 to 338, generalist&#8217;s from 207 to 212 and STEM&#8217;s actually shrank from 200 to 193. A $41,600 jump in the licensed median on five extra quoting listings is a change in which roles are on the board, not a repricing of licensed work. Rates change and nothing is guaranteed; these are listed figures only.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-cta\"><strong>Filter the board to your background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1,651 live AI listings, screened and human-approved, filled ones deleted daily. Free and public, no signup, no account.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gaw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/getaiwork.com\/board\/\">See the live board &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gaw-sub\">Free to browse &middot; real listings, screened daily &middot; 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>44,603<\/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 and are not cumulative. Counts are read from the board&#8217;s published data file on the date shown at the top of this page, and the page is rebuilt from it every morning. Categories (type, skill family, background, level, remote) are assigned during screening. Pay figures are medians of rates that posters state in the listing, calculated only over listings that state one, and are reported exactly as listed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cite this page:<\/strong> getAIwork Job Board Index, October 7, 2026, 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\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford AI Index<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Update log<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 7, 2026<\/strong>: 1,651 live listings, 44,603 screened to date. Jobs 1,048 (63%), platform programmes 531 (32%), gigs 72 (4%); beginner-friendly 198 (12%), advanced 63%; remote 33%; 61% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $312,000 a year, lowest language at $70,293.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 6, 2026<\/strong>: 1,705 live listings, 44,490 screened to date. Jobs 1,097 (64%), platform programmes 532 (31%), gigs 76 (4%); beginner-friendly 196 (11%), advanced 64%; remote 33%; 59% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $312,000 a year, lowest language at $69,253.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 5, 2026<\/strong>: 1,732 live listings, 44,385 screened to date. Jobs 1,125 (65%), platform programmes 534 (31%), gigs 73 (4%); beginner-friendly 204 (12%), advanced 64%; remote 32%; 59% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $312,000 a year, lowest language at $67,785.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 4, 2026<\/strong>: 1,730 live listings, 44,293 screened to date. Jobs 1,107 (64%), platform programmes 550 (32%), gigs 73 (4%); beginner-friendly 215 (12%), advanced 64%; remote 33%; 60% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $301,600 a year, lowest language at $74,880.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 3, 2026<\/strong>: 1,736 live listings, 44,136 screened to date. Jobs 1,089 (63%), platform programmes 563 (32%), gigs 84 (5%); beginner-friendly 227 (13%), advanced 63%; remote 33%; 60% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $270,400 a year, lowest language at $69,253.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 2, 2026<\/strong>: 1,691 live listings, 43,914 screened to date. Jobs 1,017 (60%), platform programmes 586 (35%), gigs 88 (5%); beginner-friendly 250 (15%), advanced 61%; remote 35%; 60% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $301,600 a year, lowest language at $74,880.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>October 1, 2026<\/strong>: 1,710 live listings, 43,797 screened to date. Jobs 1,023 (60%), platform programmes 597 (35%), gigs 90 (5%); beginner-friendly 260 (15%), advanced 61%; remote 36%; 60% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $270,400 a year, lowest language at $74,880.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>September 27, 2026<\/strong>: 1,704 live listings, 43,233 screened to date. Jobs 986 (58%), platform programmes 626 (37%), gigs 92 (5%); beginner-friendly 262 (15%), advanced 62%; remote 36%; 61% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $228,800 a year, lowest language at $74,880.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>September 26, 2026<\/strong>: 1,650 live listings, 43,054 screened to date. Jobs 936 (57%), platform programmes 624 (38%), gigs 90 (5%); beginner-friendly 265 (16%), advanced 61%; remote 38%; 61% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $228,800 a year, lowest language at $74,880.<\/li>\n<li data-auto=\"1\"><strong>September 25, 2026<\/strong>: 1,654 live listings, 42,957 screened to date. Jobs 953 (58%), platform programmes 611 (37%), gigs 90 (5%); beginner-friendly 265 (16%), advanced 60%; remote 37%; 60% of listings state a rate; highest listed median Licensed profession at $228,800 a year, lowest language at $74,880.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 24, 2026<\/strong>: 1,662 live listings, 42,827 screened to date. The generalist-over-coding pay inversion reverses outright: coding and software lists $187,200 a year and $90 an hour against generalist and writing at $128,960 and $62, as listed. The share of listings stating any rate falls from 66% to 60%, 1,040 quoting listings to 992, which is the most likely explanation for both moves. Beginner-friendly listings reach a record 256 (15%) and the advanced share falls a second week to 60%. Conventional jobs add 73 to 959 (58%) while platform programmes lose five to 618 (37%), widening the gap to 341 listings. Licensed professions shrink a second week, 192 to 164, median $249,600 to $228,800. Language grows fastest proportionally, 115 to 145. Remote holds at 37%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 17, 2026<\/strong>: 1,583 live listings, 41,756 screened to date. Platform programmes rebound to 623 (39%) after last week&#8217;s first recorded fall, narrowing the gap behind conventional jobs from 302 listings to 263. Remote share rises for the first time in six readings, 35% to 37%. The advanced share falls for the first time recorded here, 64% to 62%, while beginner-friendly listings reach a record 211 (13%). Coding and software slips to 48% after three rises; STEM is the fastest-growing background at 185 to 223 listings. The generalist-over-coding pay inversion narrows to $1,761 a year with hourly medians level at $84, as listed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 10, 2026<\/strong>: 1,521 live listings, 40,786 screened to date. Conventional jobs extend their lead to 884 (58%) against 582 platform programmes (38%), a gap of 302 listings, and platform programmes fall in absolute terms for the first time recorded here. Advanced-level listings reach 64%, a new high, while intermediate slips to 25% and beginner-friendly rises to 12%. The coding and software background reaches 750 listings (49%) for a second sharp week. Remote share falls a fifth consecutive time to 35% even though the absolute count rose. Words-centred demand falls to 25%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>September 3, 2026<\/strong>: 1,435 live listings, 39,847 screened to date. Conventional jobs pull clear at 55% against 41% for platform programmes, a gap of 204 listings. Advanced-level listings reach 62%, the highest recorded here, and the coding and software background jumps from 38% to 45%. Remote falls a fourth consecutive time to 37%. Words-centred demand holds at 27%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 30, 2026<\/strong>: 1,363 live listings, 39,389 screened to date. Added a breakdown by professional background with median listed pay per background, and linked every table row to the matching filtered view of the free board. Jobs hold a third consecutive lead at 51% against 46%; words-centred demand recovers to 27%; remote eases again to 42%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 29, 2026<\/strong>: 1,368 live listings, 39,308 screened to date. Conventional jobs edge clear at 50% against 46% for platform programmes; words-centred demand slips to 27% after three weeks of growth; remote eases again to 42%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 27, 2026<\/strong>: 1,279 live listings, 38,853 screened to date. Jobs and platform programmes level at 49% and 48%; words-centred demand rises to 28%; remote eases to 44%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 21, 2026<\/strong>: 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>: 37,792 screened.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 13, 2026<\/strong>: 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>Every day. Figures are read from the live getAIwork Work Board&#8217;s published data file each morning, and the board itself 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 44,603 public &#8216;AI job&#8217; posts to date, and 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, meaning ongoing paid task work such as AI model training, annotation and evaluation, with recurring intake.<\/p>\n<h3>Which professional backgrounds get hired for AI work?<\/h3>\n<p>Five, and they are not evenly sized among the listings that state a rate: Coding and software at 386, STEM at 200, Generalist and writing at 198, Licensed profession at 141, Language at 84.<\/p>\n<h3>Which AI work background lists the highest pay?<\/h3>\n<p>Licensed profession, at a median of $312,000 a year and $150 an hour as listed. Coding and software lists $180,308 and $87. STEM lists $174,720 and $84. Generalist and writing lists $145,600 and $70. Language lists $70,293 and $34. These are figures posters list, not earnings anyone is promised, and only 61% of live listings state a rate at all.<\/p>\n<h3>What share of AI listings are beginner-friendly?<\/h3>\n<p>198 of 1,651 live listings, about 12%, are explicitly open to beginners. A further 405 (25%) ask for intermediate skills. The majority of open AI work still targets people who can already demonstrate a skill.<\/p>\n<h3>How many AI jobs are remote?<\/h3>\n<p>547 of 1,651 live listings (33%) are tagged fully remote. A remote tag says nothing about which countries a listing accepts, so check eligibility before applying.<\/p>\n<h3>Are AI jobs or AI platform programmes more common?<\/h3>\n<p>Conventional jobs, at 1,048 listings (63%) against 531 platform programmes (32%), a gap of 517 listings today.<\/p>\n<h3>Can I cite these statistics?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Cite as &#8216;getAIwork Job Board Index, October 7, 2026&#8217; and link to this page. 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