micro1Verified
Posted 3mo ago
Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research
Remotecontract
LlmsCoding Evaluation+2 more
$8–9/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81 of 204 listings do not publish country eligibility.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 103 of 204 roles, 99% remote.
Filtered roles
103 listings in 94 role families
Showing 91–94 of 94 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
micro1Verified
Posted 3mo ago
Member of Technical Staff, Medical Research
Remotecontract
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$7–8/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 4mo ago
Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research
Remotecontract
Legal ResearchEnterprise AI+2 more
$7–8/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 91–94 of 94 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
Member of Technical Staff, Coding Research
micro1VerifiedRemote3mo agocontract
LlmsCoding EvaluationAI EvaluationML Systems+0
$8–9/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Medical Research
micro1VerifiedRemote3mo agocontract
Medical/health ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Medical Workflows+0
$7–8/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research
micro1VerifiedRemote4mo agocontract
Legal ResearchEnterprise AIBenchmarkingAgentic Legal Workflows+0
$7–8/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 $2516
- $25–$498
- $50–$9936
- $100–$14918
- $150+5
USD hourly midpoints, anomalies excluded. Advertised pay, not earnings.
Top skills
- python
- english
- llm evaluation
- documentation
- AI Training
- translation quality review
- ai evaluation
- trainer feedback
- Mathematics
- localization
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.