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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 1,098 of 1,639 roles, 99% remote.

Filtered roles

1,098 listings in 985 role families

Showing 451–480 of 985 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Professor for Remote Contract Teaching and Assessment

Remotecontract
Mechanical EngineeringSolid And Structural Mechanics+13 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Engineering Professor Focused on AI Assessment Remote

Remotecontract
Electrical EngineeringAnalog Circuits+13 more

$40–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Human Data Manager Role Focused on Data Operations and AI Input

Remotefull-time
Project ManagementData Operations+2 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Staff Ruby Engineer

Remotecontract
Expert Ruby And RailsSystem Design And Architecture+7 more

$30–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Analyst for AI Evaluation in Cloud Data Workflows

Remotecontract
ReportingSQL+2 more

$50–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

CFD Engineer Contractor (Remote, AI Training)

Remotecontract
Cfd EngineeringAerodynamics+1 more

$50–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer Go Python TS Contractor Remote

Remotecontract
PythonGo+1 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Java Developer

Remotecontract
JavaBackend+1 more

$30–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

E-commerce Data & Catalog Specialist

Remotecontract
Product Catalog ManagementSql/nosql Database Knowledge+3 more

$40–50/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Design+16 more

$70–125/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Network Engineer - Data for Autonomous Systems annotation

Remotehourly
WiresharkTcpdump+16 more

$50–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Partnerships Manager for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
NegotiationProspecting+2 more

$40–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Office & Productivity Software Evaluator

Remotepart-time
WordExcel+18 more

$60–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Typescript + Go Developer

Remotecontract
TypeScriptGo

$30–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Full-Stack Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Frontend Developer (React)

Remotecontract
ReactJavaScript

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Problem Author Multi Domain Remote Engineer

Remotecontract
AutocadAerodynamics+1 more

$60–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–250/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

AI Engineer

Remotecontract
Machine LearningCi/cd+2 more

$30–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

iOS Developer

Remotecontract
Swift ProgrammingUikit+3 more

$30–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Forward Deployed Engineer for Government AI Systems

Remotefull-time
PythonLLM Systems+2 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mobile App Developer

Remotecontract
iOS DevelopmentAndroid Development

$30–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

DevOps / Platform Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Materials Science Expert for AI‑Driven Engineering

Remotecontract
Materials Science ExpertiseMaterials Characterization+8 more

$80–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Machine LearningModel Training+13 more

$70–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Excel Expert (US Remote) - GenAI Data Project

Remotehourly
ExcelAdvanced Excel Formulas+14 more

$70–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Data

Remotecontract
Data LabelingData Annotation+2 more

$20–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonJava+1 more

$30–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

AWS Serverless & Infrastructure-as-Code Task Auditor

Remotehourly
AWSLambda+15 more

$70–90/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$49268
  • $50–$99518
  • $100–$149239
  • $150+73

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

Top skills

  • english
  • ai evaluation
  • llm evaluation
  • AI training
  • data annotation
  • Attention to detail
  • python
  • translation
  • technical writing
  • trainer feedback
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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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