license: cc-by-4.0
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- en
pretty_name: "The Market for Red-Teaming & AI Safety Work"
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- ai-training-data
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configs: - config_name: work-open-roles-weekly
data_files: work-open-roles-weekly.csv - config_name: work-listing-flow
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data_files: work-platforms.csv - config_name: work-pay
data_files: work-pay.csv - config_name: work-pay-bands
data_files: work-pay-bands.csv - config_name: work-demand
data_files: work-demand.csv - config_name: work-demand-by-age
data_files: work-demand-by-age.csv - config_name: work-location-rules
data_files: work-location-rules.csv - config_name: work-countries
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The Market for Red-Teaming & AI Safety Work
AITraining.jobs Research Report, data from 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026. By Yuma Heymans, AITraining.jobs (O-mega Enterprise, Inc.), Newark, Delaware, United States.
Summary
On 17 Oct 2026, 54 roles in Red-Teaming & AI Safety were open on 12 platforms (Alignerr listed 33.3%); their median advertised rate was $70/hr, 8% above the $65/hr of all AI training work; each open role drew 1.13x the apply clicks of the average role.
Question: Who hires for Red-Teaming & AI Safety work, what does it pay, how much competition is there for each opening and who may apply?
Tables
work-open-roles-weekly.csv: Open roles, week by weekwork-listing-flow.csv: Listings added and removedwork-platforms.csv: Who lists itwork-pay.csv: What it payswork-pay-bands.csv: How its rates are distributedwork-demand.csv: Applicant demand per open rolework-demand-by-age.csv: Applicant demand by listing agework-location-rules.csv: Who may apply: location ruleswork-countries.csv: Who may apply: roles open to each countrywork-asked-for.csv: What the roles are calledwork-requirements.csv: What the descriptions ask for
Paper
The full paper with method, limitations and disclosure is paper.pdf in this repository.
Source and method
The public job boards of the AI training platforms this site tracks, read every day. Apply clicks are made on AITraining.jobs; full descriptions come from the platforms whose boards publish them.
The live, daily-updated version of this report is at https://aitraining.jobs/research/red-teaming-ai-safety-market?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=repository&utm_campaign=research-2026-10.
License and citation
CC BY 4.0. Cite as:
Heymans, Y. (2026). The Market for Red-Teaming & AI Safety Work. AITraining.jobs Research Report, data from 20 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026. https://aitraining.jobs/research/red-teaming-ai-safety-market
Disclosure: AITraining.jobs receives referral fees from some platforms it lists; this does not change any figure.