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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 200 of 1,639 roles, 99% remote.

Filtered roles

200 listings in 188 role families

Showing 61–90 of 188 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 23d ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert

RemotePart-Time
Mechanical EngineeringParametric Solid Modeling+27 more

$120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 23d ago

Intelligence Analyst

Remotecontract
Analytic RigorSource Handling+2 more

$80–170/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 23d ago

Senior Software Engineer - Python / TypeScript

Remotecontract
PythonTypeScript+8 more

$100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 23d ago

MLOps Engineer, LLM Performance (Kernels, Profiling, Serving)

Remotehourly
PallasTriton+27 more

$90–120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 24d ago

Legal Professionals - Remote AI Research Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
LawyerParalegal+10 more

Up to $150/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 24d ago

Engineering Professional - AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Mechanical Engineering TechnologyElectrical Engineering+8 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 24d ago

2D Design Expert - Remote AI Prompt Work

RemotePart-Time
GimpInkscape+12 more

Up to $125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 24d ago

Litigation Associate Attorney (BigLaw Firms)

Remotecontract
M&aDrafting Contracts+5 more

$140–400/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Video Editors - Remote AI Research Project

RemotePart-Time
OpenshotShotcut+8 more

$125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 25d ago

Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance Attorney

Remotecontract
Product Safety LawRegulatory Compliance+14 more

$140–400/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Technical AI Evaluation Contributor (Remote US)

RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSystem Design+13 more

$105/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Financial Services AI Prompt Evaluator

RemotePart-Time
Financial ServicesCredit Authorizing+7 more

Up to $100/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 26d ago

Finance Expert (US based)

Remotefreelance
FinanceCapital Markets+20 more

$100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

ParaView Specialist - Remote AI Research

RemotePart-Time
ParaviewScientific Visualization+11 more

Up to $125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Environmental Science Expert - Remote Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Environmental ScienceConservation Science+10 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Music Professional - AI Music Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Music PerformanceComposition+14 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Software Engineer - AI Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSystem Design+12 more

$120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

STEM Professor AI Fellowship - Remote Part-Time

RemotePart-Time
MathematicsChemistry+12 more

Up to $150/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Electrical Engineering Expert

RemotePart-Time
Electrical EngineeringComputer Engineering+22 more

$120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Quantitative Finance Researcher

RemotePart-Time
Quantitative FinanceMathematical Finance+11 more

$75–150/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Physics and Engineering AI Evaluation Expert

RemotePart-Time
PhysicsEngineering+10 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Visual Designer - AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Visual DesignBrand Design+13 more

$100–125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Lawyers - Remote AI Evaluation for Legal Experts

RemotePart-Time
Juris DoctorLegal Analysis+8 more

Up to $110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 29d ago

Aerodynamics Expert (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
PythonAerodynamics

$80–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 30d ago

Electrical Engineer

Remotefull-time
Electrical EngineeringCircuit Design+28 more

$80–120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 30d ago

Computational Mathematics Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonNumerical Analysis+17 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Computational Engineering Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonFinite Element Method+10 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Education Practitioner - Learning & Assessment Specialist

Remotecontract
Instructional DesignersEducators

$90–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Transactional Attorney for AI Training Project

Remotecontract
Contract DraftingTechnology Transactions+2 more

$90–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Investment Banking – M&A Advisory.

Remotecontract
Financial ModelingExcel+13 more

$175–300/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$149162
  • $150+38

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

Top skills

  • python
  • ai evaluation
  • technical writing
  • llm evaluation
  • critical thinking
  • attention to detail
  • legal writing
  • written communication
  • financial modeling
  • data annotation
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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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