micro1Verified
Posted 1d ago
Equity & Credit Research Expert
Remotecontract
Financial AnalysisEquity Research+17 more
$90–120/hr
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AI Jobs for STEM researchers and PhDs
204 live roles for STEM researchers and PhDs, from 8 sources. Median advertised pay $85/hr.
Live roles
204
190 role families
Median
$85/hr
173 USD hourly
Remote
100%
of this set
Platforms
8
with live roles
Popular categories:AI Training142Machine Learning & AI103Science & Research46Data Science & Analytics25Market Research & Insights24Other22
81 of 204 listings do not publish country eligibility.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 24 of 204 roles, 100% remote.
Filtered roles
24 listings in 23 role families
Showing 1–23 of 23 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
AfterQueryVerified
Posted 4d ago
Operations Research & Applied Mathematics Specialist
Remote
PythonOperations Research+13 more
$50/hr
View job
MercorVerified
Posted 11d ago
Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation
Remotehourly
Survey ResearchMarket Research+23 more
$120/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 12d ago
Loan Underwriter / Loan Officer — Paid Research Survey (US)
Remotetask-based
Loan UnderwritingLoan Officer+6 more
$70 fixed
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 13d ago
Finance Research Expert
Remotecontract
Equity ResearchFp&a+4 more
$30–85/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 13d ago
Market Research & Insights Experts
Remotehourly
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+13 more
$120/hr
View job
MeridialVerified
Posted 21d ago
Geospatial Research and Analysis Expert
Remote
GisGeospatial Analysis+18 more
$35/hr
View job
TuringVerified
Posted 23d ago
Web Research Specialist
Remotecontract
LLMLLM Evaluation+19 more
Pay not published
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 25d ago
Research Evaluation Specialist (PhD or Masters / Researcher / Professor)
Remotecontract
Research & Source TriangulationAttention To Detail+4 more
$30–60/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 26d ago
Economics Research Expert - AI Lab Project
Remotehourly
EconomicsEconometrics+11 more
$150–200/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 27d ago
Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD)
Remotehourly
Survey DesignQuestionnaire Development+18 more
$200/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 30d ago
Computational Mathematics Researcher (Task Author)
Remote
PythonNumerical Analysis+17 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Medical Research Technical Staff
Remotefull-time
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Finance Research Technical Staff
Remotefull-time
Financial ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$6–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Research Marketing Lead / Head of PR – Remote
Remotefull-time
Research QaGtm Strategy+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 1mo ago
Quantitative Rates Researcher
Remotecontract
PythonR+23 more
$80–150/hr
View job
SME CareersVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Market Research Expert Remote Contract for AI Data Services
Remotecontract
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+33 more
Up to $65/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Science Research Expert - AI Evaluation
Remotepart-time
BiologyBiotechnology+21 more
$60–120/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Psychology Research Expert
Remote
PsychologyBehavioral Science+13 more
$90/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
Quantitative Research Expert
Remote
Quantitative FinanceQuantitative Research+16 more
$115/hr
View jobAfterQueryVerified
Posted 2mo ago
ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring
Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more
$150/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 3mo ago
Member of Technical Staff, Finance Research
Remotecontract
Financial ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$6–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 4mo ago
Economics Research MTS Focused on AI Evaluation and Economic Analysis
Remotecontract
Economic ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobShowing 1–23 of 23 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
Equity & Credit Research Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote1d agocontract
Financial AnalysisEquity ResearchCredit ResearchFinancial Modeling+15
$90–120/hrView job
Operations Research & Applied Mathematics Specialist
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote4d ago
PythonOperations ResearchApplied MathematicsGurobi+11
$50/hrView job
Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation
MercorVerifiedRemote11d agohourly
Survey ResearchMarket ResearchConsumer InsightsBehavioural Science+21
$120/hrView job
Loan Underwriter / Loan Officer — Paid Research Survey (US)
MercorVerifiedRemote12d agotask-based
Loan UnderwritingLoan OfficerLendingCredit Analysis+4
$70 fixedView job
Finance Research Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote13d agocontract
Equity ResearchFp&aCorporate FinanceAccounting Or Audit+2
$30–85/hrView job
Market Research & Insights Experts
MercorVerifiedRemote13d agohourly
Market ResearchConsumer InsightsMarketing StrategySegmentation+11
$120/hrView job
Geospatial Research and Analysis Expert
MeridialVerifiedRemote21d ago
GisGeospatial AnalysisGeographic Information ScienceRemote Sensing+16
$35/hrView job
Web Research Specialist
TuringVerifiedRemote23d agocontract
LLMLLM EvaluationRed TeamingBenchmark Construction+17
View job
Research Evaluation Specialist (PhD or Masters / Researcher / Professor)
micro1VerifiedRemote25d agocontract
Research & Source TriangulationAttention To DetailWritten PrecisionSelf Direction & Reliability+2
$30–60/hrView job
Economics Research Expert - AI Lab Project
MercorVerifiedRemote26d agohourly
EconomicsEconometricsMacroeconomicsMicroeconomics+9
$150–200/hrView job
Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD)
MercorVerifiedRemote27d agohourly
Survey DesignQuestionnaire DevelopmentHealthcare Market ResearchClinical Research+16
$200/hrView job
Computational Mathematics Researcher (Task Author)
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote30d ago
PythonNumerical AnalysisScientific ComputingNumerical Linear Algebra+15
$100/hrView job
Medical Research Technical Staff
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Medical Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Finance Research Technical Staff
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Financial ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Finance Workflows+0
$6–8/hrView job
Research Marketing Lead / Head of PR – Remote
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agofull-time
Research QaGtm StrategyTechnical MarketingIndustry Partnerships+0
$7–8/hrView job
Quantitative Rates Researcher
micro1VerifiedRemote1mo agocontract
PythonRPandasNumPy+21
$80–150/hrView job
Market Research Expert Remote Contract for AI Data Services
SME CareersVerifiedRemote2mo agocontract
Market ResearchConsumer InsightsSurvey DesignFocus Groups+31
Up to $65/hrView job
Science Research Expert - AI Evaluation
MercorVerifiedRemote2mo agopart-time
BiologyBiotechnologyChemistryMaterials Science+19
$60–120/hrView job
Psychology Research Expert
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
PsychologyBehavioral ScienceStudy DesignStatistical Inference+11
$90/hrView job
Quantitative Research Expert
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
Quantitative FinanceQuantitative ResearchSignal ResearchBacktesting+14
$115/hrView job
ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote2mo ago
Machine LearningDeep LearningReinforcement LearningLarge Language Models+16
$150/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Finance Research
micro1VerifiedRemote3mo agocontract
Financial ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Finance Workflows+0
$6–8/hrView job
Economics Research MTS Focused on AI Evaluation and Economic Analysis
micro1VerifiedRemote4mo agocontract
Economic ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Economic Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Pay distribution
- Under $252
- $25–$493
- $50–$995
- $100–$1496
- $150+3
USD hourly midpoints, anomalies excluded. Advertised pay, not earnings.
Top skills
- python
- ai evaluation
- Enterprise AI
- Benchmarking
- optimization
- data annotation
- market research
- survey design
- research design
- quantitative research
How these numbers are calculated
NearSkill lists 204 live roles for STEM researchers and PhDs, grouped into 190 role families. Of the 173 USD hourly listings, the median advertised rate is $85/hr. The middle 50% sits between $50 and $100/hr, and the full posted range is $7 to $250/hr. These are advertised rates, not earnings.
The largest sources in this set are micro1 (59), AfterQuery (40), Handshake AI (31), Mercor (24). The skills that appear most often are python, ai evaluation, llm evaluation, technical writing, english. 100% of this set is remote.
Eligibility is mixed: 64 listings publish country eligibility explicitly, 0 imply it in the description, 81 do not state it. 59 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 STEM researchers and PhDs?
204 active listings on November 15, 2026, grouped into 190 role families. Near-identical language or region variants are grouped so one employer cannot fill the list.
What is the median advertised pay?
$85/hr from 173 USD hourly listings. The middle 50% runs from $50 to $100/hr. It is advertised pay, not earnings, and missing pay is not estimated.
Which platforms have the most roles?
micro1 leads with 59 listings, followed by AfterQuery (40), Handshake AI (31), Mercor (24).
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. 81 listings in this set do not state it, and those are treated as unknown rather than worldwide.