AI training jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-19, AI training appears in 800 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Training Participant roles, with demand up 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-19
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+Is AI training in demand in 2026?
Yes. AI training appears in 800 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-19, with demand up 5% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Training Participant roles (23% of AI Training Participant postings list it).
+What jobs require AI training?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-19, the job titles most likely to require AI training are AI Training Participant (23% of postings list AI training), AI Trainer (20% of postings list AI training), AI Training Specialist (16% of postings list AI training).
+What skills are commonly paired with AI training?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-19), AI training most often appears alongside AI model evaluation, editing, writing, attention to detail, Prompt Evaluation.
+Where is AI training most in demand?
As of 2026-08-19, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AI training are Washington, New York City, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, Norwood Young America, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring AI training — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require AI training
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| AI Training Participant | 186 | 23.2% |
| AI Trainer | 159 | 19.9% |
| AI Training Specialist | 126 | 15.8% |
| AI Training Expert | 97 | 12.1% |
| Linguist/Translator | 71 | 8.9% |
| Software Engineer | 26 | 3.2% |
| AI Reviewer | 15 | 1.9% |
| AI Evaluator | 10 | 1.2% |
| Product Manager | 4 | 0.5% |
| Quality Assurance Lead | 4 | 0.5% |
Top metros hiring for AI training
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 10 | 1.3% |
| New York City | 4 | 0.5% |
| Tel Aviv | 4 | 0.5% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 0.4% |
| Norwood Young America | 2 | 0.3% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.1% |
| Armenia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Berlin | 1 | 0.1% |
Skills commonly paired with AI training
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-19. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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