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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 151–180 of 188 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Chemical EngineeringProcess Engineering+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Enterprise Operations Domain Analyst

Remote
Supply Chain ManagementFinancial Planning And Analysis+10 more

$135/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Asset & Wealth Management Expert

Remotepart-time
Portfolio ManagementBuy Side Research+28 more

$100–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Management Consultant - Remote AI Evaluation

Remotepart-time
Management ConsultingStrategy Consulting+18 more

$90–120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCircuit Analysis+20 more

Up to $105/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

Biomedical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Biomedical EngineeringMedical Devices+14 more

$108/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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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Machine Learning Research Expert

Remote
PythonPyTorch+14 more

$115/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

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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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

ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring

Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert - AI Legal Reasoning Evaluation

Remote
Legal ReasoningLegal Research+10 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Scientist Expert

Remote
SQLPython+10 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Analyst Expert

Remote
PythonR+13 more

$175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Finance Expert - Remote AI Response Review

Remote
FinanceAccounting+17 more

$175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Hardware Design Engineer

Remote
CadRtl+14 more

$135/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical MD Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
MdDo+11 more

$160/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Expert Cloud Engineer - Remote AI Contract

Remote
AWSAzure+12 more

$125/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python Data Scientist for AI Reasoning Review

Remotecontract
PythonPandas+24 more

Up to $100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legacy Codebase Migration Expert

Remotepart-time
JavaPython+18 more

$200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 2mo ago

General Counsel for AI-Driven Tech Transactions

Remotecontract
Contract RedliningContract Drafting+3 more

$90–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 3mo ago

Investment Banking & M&A - Finance Domain Expert

Bay Area, CAfull-time
Financial AnalysisInvestment Banking+18 more

$100–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3mo ago

Contract Attorney for Tech Contracts and AI Evaluation

Remotecontract
Contract DraftingRedlining+2 more

$80–130/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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