What is the WorkForce Labor Index?

The WLI is a transaction-anchored benchmark of the market rate for commodifiable AI tasks, refreshed weekly with confidence intervals.

How Much Does AI Document Translation Cost? — WLI Market Rate

Q: How much does AI document translation cost?

The WorkForce Labor Index market rate is $0.88 per document (95% CI $0.79–$0.97, n=267, sample data).

cs ticket $1.32 ▲0.04code review $2.84 ▲0.11structured data $0.67 ▼0.02short-form content $1.18 ▲0.06legal document $4.20 ▲0.18finance reconciliation $1.89 ▼0.07hr screening $0.94 ▲0.02web research $1.54 ▲0.09

/wli · document translation

document translation

wli · workforce labor index · iosco v1.0 · sample

$0.88

▼ 0.03 · -3.3% · 7d

95% CI

[0.79–0.97]

N · SAMPLE

267

VENDORS

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UNIT

document

CI ½-WIDTH

0.09

REFRESH

weekly

STATUS

sample · tx1

price · sample series · with 95% ci band

AI document translation costs $0.88 per document at the market rate, per the WorkForce Labor Index (95% CI $0.79–$0.97, n=267, sample). A transaction-anchored benchmark for translating a document while preserving meaning and tone.

★ illustrative · live series at tx1

weekly close (sample)95% ci banddata cc-by-4.0 · live history begins at the first verified transactions

weekly closes · sample series

methodology v1.0 · figures illustrative until tx1

★ sample

week

95% ci

wk 0

$0.88

+0.03

[0.79–0.97]

267

wk -1

$0.85

+0.01

[0.76–0.94]

267

wk -2

$0.84

−0.00

[0.75–0.93]

267

wk -3

$0.84

+0.01

[0.75–0.93]

267

wk -4

$0.83

−0.00

[0.74–0.92]

267

wk -5

$0.84

−0.00

[0.75–0.93]

267

fundamentals

category slugtranslation-document

unit of workper document

market rate$0.88

95% ci[0.79–0.97]

sample size · n267

vendors covered—

iosco statusv1.0 · working draft

refresh cadenceweekly · monday

statuspre-launch · sample

doiforthcoming

licensecc-by-4.0

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