AI Data Annotator jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 36 job postings with the title “AI Data Annotator” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is digital tools, with demand down 94% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many AI Data Annotator jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 36 job postings with the title “AI Data Annotator” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 94% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do AI Data Annotator jobs require?
Across AI Data Annotator postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are digital tools, Image annotation, prompt creation, audio annotation, data annotation.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Data Annotator?
As of 2026-05-17, AI Data Annotator postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Little Canada, Poland, Albania, Armenia, Colombo.
+Is AI Data Annotator a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 36 AI Data Annotator postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 94% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in AI Data Annotator postings is digital tools, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly AI Data Annotator postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for AI Data Annotator
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| digital tools | 30 | 9.2% |
| Image annotation | 29 | 8.9% |
| prompt creation | 28 | 8.6% |
| audio annotation | 28 | 8.6% |
| data annotation | 27 | 8.3% |
| Large language models (LLMs) | 26 | 8.0% |
| prompt testing | 26 | 8.0% |
| chatbot response evaluation | 25 | 7.7% |
| AI evaluation | 19 | 5.8% |
| ad quality evaluation | 19 | 5.8% |
| search result evaluation | 17 | 5.2% |
| text-labeling | 17 | 5.2% |
| data labeling | 13 | 4.0% |
| text annotation | 12 | 3.7% |
| cultural and linguistic accuracy | 10 | 3.1% |
Top metros hiring AI Data Annotator
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Little Canada | 2 | 18.2% |
| Poland | 2 | 18.2% |
| Albania | 1 | 9.1% |
| Armenia | 1 | 9.1% |
| Colombo | 1 | 9.1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 9.1% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 9.1% |
| Macedonia | 1 | 9.1% |
| Malta | 1 | 9.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Data Annotator”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- AI Data Annotator
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