Also called: Data Labeler, AI Data Specialist
Labels images, text, audio, and video so AI systems can learn from them.
You draw boxes around every pedestrian in street photos or tag whether customer reviews are positive or negative. It's often remote, flexible work that's a door into the AI world.
Often hourly contract work.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. HS diploma; short training provided.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly. Large but volatile workforce; routine labeling is increasingly automated.
High risk for 10 years. AI models now label most images and text themselves, leaving little routine labeling work for people.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to data labeling companies and staffing agencies that hire annotators; most train you online
Classes: Computer applications, English.
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