AI Trainer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-11-05, Skillenai has indexed 135 job postings with the title “AI Trainer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is prompt engineering.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05
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Frequently asked questions about AI Trainer jobs
+How many AI Trainer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 135 job postings with the title “AI Trainer” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05.
+What skills do AI Trainer jobs require?
Across AI Trainer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, the skills mentioned most often are prompt engineering, data labeling, data annotation, Python, video annotation.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Trainer?
As of 2026-11-05, AI Trainer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Aachen, Arlington, Bangkok, Leisure World.
+Is AI Trainer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 135 AI Trainer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. The skill mentioned most often in AI Trainer postings is prompt engineering, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of AI Trainer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed AI Trainer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through AI Trainer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before AI Trainer
Roles after AI Trainer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Software Engineer | 28 |
| Before: Data Analyst | 9 |
| Before: Teaching Assistant | 9 |
| Before: Research Assistant | 6 |
| Before: Software Developer | 6 |
| Before: Web Developer | 5 |
| Before: Data Annotator | 4 |
| Before: Data Scientist | 3 |
| After: Software Engineer | 18 |
| After: Data Analyst | 8 |
| After: Software Developer | 5 |
| After: Data Scientist | 4 |
| After: Research Assistant | 3 |
| After: Full Stack Engineer | 2 |
| After: AI Engineer | 2 |
| After: Adjunct Faculty | 2 |
Skills most often required for AI Trainer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| prompt engineering | 25 | 18.5% |
| data labeling | 18 | 13.3% |
| data annotation | 18 | 13.3% |
| Python | 12 | 8.9% |
| video annotation | 11 | 8.1% |
| LLM evaluation | 9 | 6.7% |
| AI training | 9 | 6.7% |
| annotation | 8 | 5.9% |
| quality assurance | 5 | 3.7% |
| translation | 5 | 3.7% |
| C++ | 5 | 3.7% |
| financial modeling | 4 | 3.0% |
| syntax | 4 | 3.0% |
| Docker | 4 | 3.0% |
| localization | 4 | 3.0% |
Top companies posting AI Trainer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Mercor | 20 |
| Remote | 15 |
| OpenBrain | 13 |
| Lynda.com | 11 |
| Prolific Academic | 6 |
| Weloglobal | 4 |
| Lifted, an Upwork Company | 4 |
| iMerit | 4 |
| 10x.team | 4 |
| CNTXT | 3 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring AI Trainer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 15 | 11.1% |
| Aachen | 2 | 1.5% |
| Arlington | 2 | 1.5% |
| Bangkok | 2 | 1.5% |
| Leisure World | 2 | 1.5% |
| Canterbury | 1 | 0.7% |
| Palo Alto | 1 | 0.7% |
| Vienna | 1 | 0.7% |
| Webb | 1 | 0.7% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Trainer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- AI Trainer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-11-05
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- 90