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AI Jobs Paying $25+/hr or More

1,639 live roles advertised at $25+/hr or more, from 8 sources. Median advertised pay $75/hr.

Live roles

1,639

1,461 role families

Median advertised

$75/hr

1,639 USD hourly

Remote

97%

of this set

Platforms

8

with live roles

Filtered view. The clean page is canonical and indexed; filtered URLs are noindex. Showing 312 of 1,639 roles, 99% remote.

Filtered roles

312 listings in 298 role families

Showing 241–270 of 298 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Actuary Expert - Remote Contract Position

Remote
Actuarial ScienceSoa+19 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Attorney - Remote Contract, Legal AI Content

Remote
Legal ResearchLegal Writing+12 more

$138/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Product Analytics and Experimentation Expert

Remote
SQLPython+8 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

React Native Engineer for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
React NativeTypeScript+33 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Forensic Accounting Expert

Remote
Forensic AccountingFraud Examination+14 more

$113/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Astronomy QA Lead for Astrophysics AI Training

Remotecontract
AstronomyAstrophysics+28 more

Up to $110/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Biomedical EngineeringMedical Devices+14 more

$108/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal & Compliance Specialist Rubric Design

Remotecontract
AI EvaluationCompliance+28 more

Up to $120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Security Engineer - Cryptanalysis (Remote Contract)

Remote
SecurityCryptanalysis+12 more

$135/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Safety Expert Remote AI Model Safety Audit

Remotefull-time
ChemistryToxicology+20 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Veterinarian Expert - Remote AI Lab Project

Remote
Veterinary MedicinePharmacology+14 more

$120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Financial Reporting Accountant

Remote
GaapSec Reporting+16 more

$113/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Machine Learning Research Expert

Remote
PythonPyTorch+14 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biology Expert - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
BiologyMolecular Biology+14 more

$125/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Contract Review Expert for AI Contract Analysis

Remotecontract
Contract ReviewRedlining+32 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Node.js and React Full Stack Engineer for AI Review

Remotecontract
Node.jsReact+35 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineer Remote AI Validation for Med Tech

Remotecontract
AIData Annotation+24 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Creative Technologist - Audio Design UX Remote

Remote
Audio EngineeringSound Design+10 more

$135/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Red-Teaming QA Lead for AI Safety and Evaluation

Remotecontract
Adversarial TestingAI Red Teaming+25 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
Biomedical EngineeringAI Training+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical Doctor Specialist for AI Content Review

Remotecontract
Board CertificationBoard Eligibility+24 more

Up to $150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Inference & GPU Kernel Research Engineer

Remote
Machine LearningGpu Kernels+14 more

$135/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Senior Domain Expert - AI Research Evaluation

Remote
Software EngineeringSystems Engineering+28 more

$135/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert for AI Data Training, Remote Contract

Remotecontract
LawConstitutional Law+26 more

Up to $115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Graduate Student AI Evaluator

Remote
Data AnnotationData Labeling+12 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physician Assistant - Remote AI Contract

Remote
Pa CNccpa+16 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Chemical EngineeringProcess Design+13 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Android Engineer Kotlin and Java Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AndroidKotlin+31 more

Up to $110/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dentist Expert - Remote Clinical AI Contract

Remote
DentistryRestorative Dentistry+11 more

$128/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring

Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more

$150/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$149239
  • $150+73

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • data annotation
  • technical writing
  • attention to detail
  • ai model evaluation
  • llm evaluation
  • legal writing
  • clinical reasoning
  • written communication
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How these numbers are calculated

NearSkill lists 1,639 live roles advertised at $25+/hr or more, grouped into 1,461 role families. Of the 1,639 USD hourly listings, the median advertised rate is $75/hr. The middle 50% sits between $50 and $100/hr, and the full posted range is $25 to $350/hr. These are advertised rates, not earnings.

The largest sources in this set are micro1 (565), Mercor (332), AfterQuery (268), SME Careers (215). The skills that appear most often are english, ai evaluation, python, llm evaluation, ai training. 97% of this set is remote.

Eligibility is mixed: 643 listings publish country eligibility explicitly, 0 imply it in the description, 542 do not state it. 454 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 paying $25+/hr or more?

1,639 active listings on November 15, 2026, grouped into 1,461 role families. Near-identical language or region variants are grouped so one employer cannot fill the list.

What is the median advertised pay?

$75/hr from 1,639 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 565 listings, followed by Mercor (332), AfterQuery (268), SME Careers (215).

Are these roles remote?

97% 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. 542 listings in this set do not state it, and those are treated as unknown rather than worldwide.

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