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AI Jobs for Linguists and translators

178 live roles for linguists and translators, from 8 sources. Median advertised pay $40/hr.

Live roles

178

89 role families

Median

$40/hr

153 USD hourly

Remote

100%

of this set

Platforms

8

with live roles

98 of 178 listings do not publish country eligibility. A role that fits your profession is not automatically open in your country.

Filtered view. The clean page is canonical and indexed; filtered URLs are noindex. Showing 46 of 178 roles, 100% remote.

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46 listings in 20 role families

Showing 1–20 of 20 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Thai Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
ThaiThai Linguistics+10 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Traditional Chinese Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
Traditional ChineseSimplified Chinese+8 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Simplified Chinese Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
Simplified ChineseChinese Linguistics+6 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Canadian English Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
Canadian EnglishLinguistic Annotation+8 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Australian English Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
Australian EnglishLinguistic Annotation+8 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

British English Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
British EnglishEnglish Grammar+8 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Finnish Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
FinnishEnglish+10 more

$40/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Armenian Linguistic Expert

Remotepart-time
ArmenianEnglish+12 more

$40/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 5d ago

Senior Media, Audio & Linguistics Experts - AI Benchmarking

Remotecontract
LinuxAI Evaluation+15 more

$1,350 fixed

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 19d ago

Japanese Linguistic Experts

Remotehourly
JapaneseLinguistics+14 more

$50/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 19d ago

Telugu Linguistic Experts

Remotehourly
TeluguTranslation+12 more

$30/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Linguistics Expert - Remote India Contract

RemotePart-Time
LinguisticsComputational Linguistics+15 more

$47/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Korean Language Expert

Remotecontract
Audio TranscriptionAttention To Detail+1 more

$20–36/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mandarin Localization Expert for AI Data Tasks

Remotecontract
MandarinChinese Localization+24 more

Up to $40/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Spanish Localization Specialist for AI Data Training

Remotecontract
SpanishSpanish Spain+23 more

Up to $35/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chinese Language Expert for Traditional Chinese Localization

Remotecontract
Cat ToolsChinese Traditional+23 more

Up to $35/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

French Language Expert for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
FrenchFrench Grammar+25 more

$18–33/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Linguistics Expert - AI Model Evaluation

Remote
SyntaxSemantics+10 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Copyediting Expert for AI Language Training Content

Remotecontract
CopyeditingEnglish+24 more

Up to $25/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3mo ago

Neapolitan Language Expert

Remotecontract
WritingEditing+5 more

$30–80/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$4936
  • $50–$999
  • $100–$1490
  • $150+0

USD hourly midpoints, anomalies excluded. Advertised pay, not earnings.

Top skills

  • translation
  • linguistic annotation
  • editing
  • syntax
  • semantics
  • grammar
  • large language models
  • natural language processing
  • english
  • summarization
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How these numbers are calculated

NearSkill lists 178 live roles for Linguists and translators, grouped into 89 role families. Of the 153 USD hourly listings, the median advertised rate is $40/hr. The middle 50% sits between $26 and $42.50/hr, and the full posted range is $6 to $180/hr. These are advertised rates, not earnings.

The largest sources in this set are Mercor (62), SME Careers (54), Turing (24), micro1 (23). The skills that appear most often are translation, english, grammar, editing, localization. 100% of this set is remote.

Eligibility is mixed: 67 listings publish country eligibility explicitly, 0 imply it in the description, 98 do not state it. 13 listings are marked worldwide. Missing eligibility is treated as unknown, not as worldwide.

Figures were computed from the live job feed on November 15, 2026. Counts and pay move as listings are added or closed. NearSkill does not estimate missing pay, and non-USD rates are excluded from the USD medians rather than converted.

Questions, answered

How many roles are live for Linguists and translators?

178 active listings on November 15, 2026, grouped into 89 role families. Near-identical language or region variants are grouped so one employer cannot fill the list.

What is the median advertised pay?

$40/hr from 153 USD hourly listings. The middle 50% runs from $26 to $42.50/hr. It is advertised pay, not earnings, and missing pay is not estimated.

Which platforms have the most roles?

Mercor leads with 62 listings, followed by SME Careers (54), Turing (24), micro1 (23).

Are these roles remote?

100% of this set is remote. Remote describes the work arrangement; it does not guarantee that the employer accepts applicants from every country.

How is country eligibility determined?

Eligibility comes from the listing's country field when it is present, or from explicit eligibility language in the description. 98 listings in this set do not state it, and those are treated as unknown rather than worldwide.

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