Key findings

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Terac listed 18 open roles on 31 Aug 2026, 1.1% of the 1,591 open across the 14 platforms AITraining.jobs reads, the 10th most.
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Counted at the end of each week, Terac went from 19 open roles on 9 Aug 2026 to 18 on 31 Aug 2026 (-5.3%); the highest count was 26 on 23 Aug 2026.
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55.6% of its open roles are in Law, Medicine & Finance, where Terac holds 2.3% of all open roles, the 6th largest share of 10 platforms; it lists 6 of the 12 kinds of work with open roles.
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38.9% of its open roles state an hourly rate, too few for a median (it needs 8).
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None of its 18 open roles are open to applicants in any country (51.9% on other platforms); all are limited to listed countries, most often the United States (named by 88.9%).
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From 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2026, Terac posted 32 new listings and removed 21 (listed a median of 12 days before removal, against 22.2 days on other platforms); its open roles went from 7 to 18 (+157.1%).
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An application form at Terac has a median of 3 fields (10 on other platforms' forms); none of its 4 forms require a resume, none ask for a LinkedIn profile and none add questions of their own.
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The title word Terac uses most is "Engineer or developer" (22.2% of its open roles), against 5.1% of other platforms' open roles.
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Figure 1

Terac against the other platforms

How does Terac compare with the rest of the market on size, pay, reach and turnover?

Measure	Terac	Other platforms	Its rank (1 = highest)
Open roles on 31 Aug 2026	18	1,573	10th of 14
Share of all open roles	1.1%	98.9%	10th of 14
New listings in the window	32	906	joint 6th of 14
Kinds of work listed	6	12	7th of 14
Open roles stating an hourly rate	38.9%	89.7%	9th of 12
Median advertised paySmall sample	n/a	$65/hr	n/a
Open roles accepting any country	0.0%	51.9%	joint 10th of 12
Median days listed, removed roles	12 days	22.2 days	9th of 10

Sample. 18 roles Terac listed open at the end of 31 Aug 2026, beside the 1,573 open on the other 13 platforms AITraining.jobs reads; listings from 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2026.

Other platforms: every other platform read over the same window, pooled (counts are summed, medians are taken over all their roles together).

Rank among the 14 platforms with open roles; shares need at least 10 open roles, a pay median 8 roles stating a rate and days listed 10 removed roles with a known listing date, so a platform below a threshold is not ranked on it. Days listed rank longest first.

Listings only: what the platform's public job board shows.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

Figure 2

Open roles at Terac, week by week

Is Terac listing more AI training roles or fewer?

Week	Open at the end of the week	New listings	Removed
3 to 9 Aug	19	9	2
10 to 16 Aug	16	2	5
17 to 23 Aug	26	12	2
24 to 30 Aug	18	4	12
31 to 31 AugPartial week	18	0	0

Sample. Listings by Terac, by ISO week (Monday to Sunday, UTC), 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2026; 5 weeks tracked.

Open roles are counted at the end of each week (Sunday, UTC), or at the end of the window for a week it cuts. New listings leave out roles that came with the platform's back catalogue.

A week the window cuts is labelled with the days it covers and marked as partial.

The series starts no earlier than the week of 3 Aug 2026, when this dataset's feeds were complete.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

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What Terac hires for

Which kinds of AI training work does Terac list, and how much of each market does it hold?

Kind of work	Open roles	Share of its roles	Its share of the kind's open roles	Its rank in the kind	Its median per hour
Law, Medicine & Finance	10	55.6%	2.3%	6th of 10	n/a
Math & STEMSmall sample	3	16.7%	1.9%	joint 6th of 9	n/a
Research Studies & SurveysSmall sample	2	11.1%	33.3%	joint 1st of 3	n/a
Agentic Tasks & RL EnvironmentsSmall sample	1	5.6%	5.9%	4th of 4	n/a
Multilingual & LocalizationSmall sample	1	5.6%	0.2%	joint 11th of 12	n/a
Writing & ContentSmall sample	1	5.6%	5.9%	joint 4th of 5	n/a

Sample. 18 roles Terac listed open at the end of 31 Aug 2026; market shares are of the 1,591 roles open on all 14 platforms that day.

Kinds of work are this site's twelve categories of AI training work, each role classified from its title and description.

Its rank in the kind is among the platforms with open roles in it. A median needs at least 8 roles stating an hourly rate.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

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What Terac advertises it pays

How often does Terac state its pay, and how does it compare with other platforms for the same work?

Roles	Stating an hourly rate	Its median per hour	Its middle half	Other platforms' median	Its median against theirs	Its roles stating a rate
All its open rolesSmall sample	38.9%	n/a	n/a	$65	n/a	7
Law, Medicine & FinanceSmall sample	50.0%	n/a	n/a	$78	n/a	5
Math & STEMSmall sample	0.0%	n/a	n/a	$65	n/a	0
Research Studies & SurveysSmall sample	50.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
Agentic Tasks & RL EnvironmentsSmall sample	100.0%	n/a	n/a	$50	n/a	1
Multilingual & LocalizationSmall sample	0.0%	n/a	n/a	$65	n/a	0
Writing & ContentSmall sample	0.0%	n/a	n/a	$48	n/a	0

Sample. 7 of the 18 roles Terac listed open on 31 Aug 2026 state an hourly rate; other platforms: 1,411 of 1,573.

Pay is the hourly figure a posting advertises (the middle of a stated range). The middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.

A median needs at least 8 roles stating a rate, on each side for a comparison. The row compared within the same kinds of work averages the kinds where both sides have enough, weighted by the platform's priced roles in each, so a platform listing better-paid work is not read as paying more for the same work.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

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Who may apply to roles at Terac

Are the roles Terac lists open to applicants anywhere, or limited to some countries?

Location rule	Its open roles	Share of its roles	Share on other platforms
Open worldwide	0	0.0%	51.9%
Worldwide except listed countries	0	0.0%	9.9%
Only listed countries	18	100.0%	38.2%
No rule stated	0	0.0%	0.0%

Sample. 18 roles Terac listed open on 31 Aug 2026, against the 1,573 open on other platforms.

The rule is read from each posting's location text and, where the posting is silent, from what the platform states about where it hires. A rule says where applications are accepted; tax, payment and work-permit rules can still apply.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

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Countries Terac names in its limited roles

When Terac limits a role to some countries, which countries does it name?

Country	Limited roles naming it	Share of its limited roles	Open only there
United States	16	88.9%	16
Brazil	1	5.6%	1
India	1	5.6%	1

Sample. 18 of the 18 roles Terac listed open on 31 Aug 2026 accept applicants only from listed countries; 18 of them name a single country. 3 countries named.

A role naming several countries counts for each. Open only there: roles whose list names this country alone.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

Figure 7

Listings posted and removed by Terac

How many roles did Terac post and take down?

Measure	Roles	Other platforms
Open at the start of 1 Aug 2026	7	1,513
New listings	32	906
Removed listings	21	846
Open at the end of 31 Aug 2026	18	1,573

Sample. Listings by Terac from 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2026.

New listings: roles first seen in the window, outside the platform's first week in this dataset. Removed: roles that left the feed during the window. A role can be both.

The other platforms' count at the start leaves out platforms first tracked during the window.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

Figure 8

How long roles at Terac stayed up

How long had the roles Terac removed been listed?

Days listed	Removed roles	Share	Share on other platforms
Under 7 days	5	23.8%	14.2%
7 to 13 days	9	42.9%	20.7%
14 to 29 days	5	23.8%	21.3%
30 to 59 days	2	9.5%	13.3%
60 days or more	0	0.0%	30.5%

Sample. 21 roles Terac removed from 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2026 with a known listing date; median 12 days (other platforms: 22.2 days over 811 roles).

Days listed: from the listing date the job board states (or the first day the role appeared in the feed) to the last day it was seen. Roles that arrived with the back catalogue and state no date are left out.

A median needs at least 10 removed roles. A removed role may have been filled, paused or closed: platforms do not say which.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

Figure 9

What Terac calls the work

Which words does Terac use in its job titles: trainer, tutor, expert, rater, annotator?

Title word	Its open roles	Share of its roles	Share on other platforms	Its median per hour
Engineer or developerSmall sample	4	22.2%	5.1%	n/a
Analyst or researcherSmall sample	2	11.1%	1.6%	n/a
Contributor or participantSmall sample	2	11.1%	2.2%	n/a
Evaluator or reviewerSmall sample	2	11.1%	5.8%	n/a
Expert or SMESmall sample	2	11.1%	27.1%	n/a
Lead or managerSmall sample	1	5.6%	1.8%	n/a
None of these words	6	33.3%	16.5%	n/a

Sample. 18 roles Terac listed open on 31 Aug 2026, by the words in their titles (the same vocabulary as the job titles report).

A title can use several words ('Expert AI Trainer') and counts for each, so shares add to more than 100%. Whole words, case-insensitive.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

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What an application to Terac asks for

What does an application to Terac ask for, and what must be filled in?

Item	Its forms asking	Its forms requiring it	Other platforms' forms asking
Phone numberSmall sample	100.0%	100.0%	99.8%
Current employerSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%
Cover letterSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%
Other file uploadsSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	13.0%
GitHub profileSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
LinkedIn profileSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	83.7%
Location or countrySmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	99.2%
Portfolio or websiteSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
Resume or CVSmall sample	0.0%	0.0%	99.8%

Sample. The application forms of 4 of the 18 roles Terac listed open on 31 Aug 2026, read from its applicant-tracking system (Ashby); a median of 3 fields and 0 questions of its own (other platforms' 638 forms: 10 fields).

Required: the form will not submit without it. Name and email, asked by every form, are not listed. Some platforms apply in steps (a short form, then an assessment); only the first form is read.

Source. AITraining.jobs Research, Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition.

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The public job boards of the AI training platforms this site tracks, read every day. Terac's figures come from its own public listings only; full descriptions and application forms are read where its job board publishes them. Every figure is computed by one database query over the window shown, the same query for the live report and for every edition. Each figure states its sample beneath it.

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Rank: Its place among the platforms with open roles on the last day of the window, highest first (longest first for days listed). Shares need at least 10 open roles, a pay median 3 distinct advertised rates and days listed 10 removed roles, so a platform below a threshold is not ranked on that measure.
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Advertised pay: Measured exactly as the job board measures any list of roles, so a median here is the median Terac's pay page states for the same roles: one sample per distinct advertised rate (the middle of a stated range; a role posted again at the same rate counts once), and an advertised maximum ("up to $X/hr") is a ceiling, not a rate, so it is counted and left out. Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each advertised range) to the 90th-percentile advertised ceiling; it and the median are rounded to $5 ($1 under $20) and need at least 3 distinct rates.
Compared within the same kinds of work: For each kind of work where both the platform and the other platforms state at least 8 distinct hourly rates, its median over theirs, minus one; averaged across those kinds, weighted by the platform's distinct rates, so a platform listing better-paid work is not read as paying more for the same work. It needs two such kinds.
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@misc{aitrainingjobs_terac_hiring_data_2026_08,
  author = {{AITraining.jobs}},
  title = {Terac Hiring Data, August 2026 edition},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://aitraining.run/research/terac-hiring-data/2026-08}},
}

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