quality control jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-12, quality control appears in 439 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Trainer roles, with demand down 7% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-12
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+Is quality control in demand in 2026?
Yes. quality control appears in 439 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-12, with demand down 7% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Trainer roles (31% of AI Trainer postings list it).
+What jobs require quality control?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-12, the job titles most likely to require quality control are AI Trainer (31% of postings list quality control), AI Evaluator (6% of postings list quality control), Program Manager (5% of postings list quality control).
+What skills are commonly paired with quality control?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-12), quality control most often appears alongside text evaluation, data tagging, audio evaluation, linguistic nuance, Headphones.
+Where is quality control most in demand?
As of 2026-08-12, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring quality control are San Francisco, Bastrop, Bengaluru, Canal Winchester, New York City, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring quality control — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require quality control
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| AI Trainer | 138 | 31.4% |
| AI Evaluator | 27 | 6.2% |
| Program Manager | 21 | 4.8% |
| Software Engineer | 14 | 3.2% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 10 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 9 | 2.1% |
| Business Analyst | 8 | 1.8% |
| Customer Program Manager | 6 | 1.4% |
| Data Scientist | 5 | 1.1% |
| Quality Assurance Technician | 5 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for quality control
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 8 | 1.8% |
| Bastrop | 6 | 1.4% |
| Bengaluru | 6 | 1.4% |
| Canal Winchester | 6 | 1.4% |
| New York City | 6 | 1.4% |
| Aiken | 5 | 1.1% |
| Toronto | 4 | 0.9% |
| Dallas | 3 | 0.7% |
| Gurugram | 3 | 0.7% |
Skills commonly paired with quality control
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-12. 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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