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$2,500 overall.","Nigeria buys more here than usual: 4.2% of these posts against 1.6% of the market.","Demand leans towards support chatbots: 5.9% of posts here against 3.3% across industries.","“Chatbot” appears in 5.9% of posts, 1.9 times the usual 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About 45% of posts can be placed. Figures come from public job posts from December 2025 to November 2026 and show what posts offered, not what was paid. Hourly posts are estimated from rate, length and workload. Industries need 30 priced posts to be ranked, and are left out of rankings when one account makes up over a quarter of posts. Counts under 5 are hidden. Momentum compares January to March with May to July, before collection widened, and is left out where one account is over 12% of posts.","method":"https://aibuildindex.com/methodology"}