{
  "slug": "whirrwork-quote-only-jobs-share",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-quote-only-jobs-share/",
  "topic": "whirrwork",
  "claim": "71% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (220 of 308) have no publicly sourced price: buyers have to ask for a quote.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 71,
    "display": "71%",
    "unit": "percent of jobs"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "Whirrwork dataset (worldwide)",
    "period": "As of 2026-10-25"
  },
  "measure": "Whirrwork dataset count",
  "confidence": "high",
  "source_type": "whirrwork",
  "source": {
    "type": "whirrwork",
    "kind": "Whirrwork dataset (own research)",
    "name": "Whirrwork",
    "title": "Share of robot jobs with no public price",
    "publisher": "Whirrwork",
    "published": "2026-10-25",
    "date_note": "Data as of 2026-10-25; frozen in release 2026-10",
    "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/data/2026-10/",
    "archive_url": null,
    "archived_at": null,
    "primary_note": null
  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": null,
  "quote_note": "Computed by Whirrwork from its own dataset; see the methodology in the linked report.",
  "caveats": [
    "Describes Whirrwork's dataset, compiled from public sources. It is not a census of the whole market.",
    "\"No public price\" means we have not found a dated, sourced price; some providers may share prices privately.",
    "Measured on jobs, not on providers or transactions."
  ],
  "verification": "Computed from dataset release 2026-10 by the Whirrwork build (scripts/build.mjs, src/lib/research.js).",
  "link_check": null,
  "release": "2026-10",
  "report_url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/reports/priced-vs-quote-only-robot-jobs-2026-10/",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). 71% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (220 of 308) have no publicly sourced price: buyers have to ask for a quote [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-quote-only-jobs-share/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “71% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (220 of 308) have no publicly sourced price: buyers have to ask for a quote.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-quote-only-jobs-share/.",
    "mla": "“71% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (220 of 308) have no publicly sourced price: buyers have to ask for a quote.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-quote-only-jobs-share/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_whirrwork_quote_only_jobs_share,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{71\\% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (220 of 308) have no publicly sourced price: buyers have to ask for a quote}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-quote-only-jobs-share/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Statistic computed from the Whirrwork dataset. Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}"
  }
}