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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 830 of 1,639 roles, 98% remote.

Filtered roles

830 listings in 783 role families

Showing 121–150 of 783 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 12d ago

Quantitative Analyst (Finance)

Remotecontract
Quantitative FinanceStochastic Modeling+15 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 12d ago

Radioactive Materials & Health Physics Expert (AI Safety)

Remote
Health PhysicsRadiochemistry+10 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Federal Criminal Investigator

Remotecontract
Criminal LawCriminal Investigation+3 more

$70–100/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 12d ago

Growth Equity Analyst

Remotecontract
Growth EquityValuation+13 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Senior Book Editor

Remotecontract
Manuscript EditingLine Editing+13 more

$80–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 13d ago

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products

Remotehourly
B2b SalesWholesale Sales+14 more

$70–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 13d ago

OpenSCAD Developer

Remotecontract
OpenscadAutocad+2 more

$65–123/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 13d ago

Software Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonJavaScript+12 more

$200/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 13d ago

Capital Markets Expert

Remotecontract
Capital MarketsEquity Capital Markets+20 more

$100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 13d ago

Market Research & Insights Experts

Remotehourly
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+13 more

$120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 14d ago

Project Management Specialists

Remotehourly
Project ManagementProject Planning+11 more

$70–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 14d ago

US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation

Remotehourly
Patent ProsecutionPatent Litigation+18 more

$110–125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 15d ago

Federal Civil Litigation Attorney

Remotecontract
Federal Civil LitigationMotion Drafting+9 more

$150–250/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 15d ago

Inpatient Coder

Remotecontract
Icd 10 CmDrg+2 more

$50–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 15d ago

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government

Remotefull-time
Agentic AI & LLM Systems EngineeringPython & Production Software Engineering+2 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 15d ago

Civilian Intelligence Agency Expert – U.S. & Allied Government

Remotecontract
Intelligence AnalysisProgram Management+8 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

Defense Analyst

Remotecontract
Military Operations AnalysisDefense Research+3 more

$90–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

Tax Practitioner, Federal Individual Income Tax (CPA/EA/Tax Attorney)

Remotecontract
Federal Individual Income Tax Law InterpretationInternal Revenue Code Analysis+9 more

$60–90/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 16d ago

Senior Personal Finance & Tax Expert - AI Training

Remotecontract
Personal FinanceFinancial Planning+28 more

$96/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

Federal Staff Reporting Analyst

Remotecontract
Military WritingFederal Documentation Standards+6 more

$40–80/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 16d ago

Algorithms and Theory Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
AlgorithmsGraph Algorithms+11 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

Military Operations & Reporting SME

Remotecontract
Military Operations ExpertiseDod Reporting Standards+8 more

$40–80/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 16d ago

Legal Expert, AI Content Review

Remotecontract
Legal ResearchLegal Writing+13 more

$80–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

Consumer Product Safety Attorney

Remotecontract
Product Safety LawRegulatory Compliance+14 more

$140–400/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 16d ago

Biology & Life Sciences Domain Expert

Remotehourly
BiochemistryMolecular Biology+16 more

$90–140/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 16d ago

Software Engineering Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Software Engineering ResearchTest Generation+13 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 17d ago

Database Systems Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Database SystemsQuery Optimization+16 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 17d ago

Intelligence Agency Officer

Remotecontract
Intelligence AnalysisThreat Analysis+13 more

$80–170/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 17d ago

Ophthalmologist

Remotehourly
OphthalmologyAbo Board Certification+13 more

$175/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 17d ago

Obstetrician-Gynecologist

RemotePart-Time
ObstetricsGynecology+15 more

$180/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99518
  • $100–$149239
  • $150+73

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • llm evaluation
  • AI training
  • technical writing
  • data annotation
  • english
  • ai model evaluation
  • model evaluation
  • Attention to Detail
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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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