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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 512 of 1,639 roles, 97% remote.

Filtered roles

512 listings in 469 role families

Showing 391–420 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

TypeScript Team Lead for AI Training Quality Remote

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCode Review+8 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Insurance Expert for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
Claims HandlingCompliance+35 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Manufacturing Expert

Remote
Manufacturing EngineeringIndustrial Engineering+13 more

$70/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

Mechanical Engineer Remote Contract for AI Data Training

Remotecontract
AI Data AnnotationAnsys+21 more

Up to $70/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

Human Resources Expert

Remote
Human ResourcesRecruitment+17 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Molecular Biology Expert

Remote
BiochemistryMolecular Biology+13 more

$90/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

Medical Laboratory Scientist Expert

Remote
Ascp CertificationAmt Mt Certification+14 more

$80/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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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Office Manager Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
Office ManagementAdministrative Supervision+16 more

$85/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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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Brand Strategy Expert for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
Brand StrategyBrand Voice+26 more

Up to $85/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Scala Engineer for AI Training Content & Evaluation

Remotecontract
ScalaScala 2.13+30 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physicist for AI Training Content Review Remote Contract

Remotecontract
PhysicsComputational Physics+26 more

Up to $70/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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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

SQL Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCode Review+21 more

Up to $70/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

Mortgage Loan Officer Expert

Remote
Nmls LicensingMortgage Loan Origination+15 more

$88/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

High School Teacher Expert

Remote
Rubric DesignAssessment Design+16 more

$55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Angular Engineer for AI Frontend Review

Remotecontract
AngularAngular Cli+33 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Analyst Expert

Remote
PythonR+13 more

$175/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Social Media Expert for AI Training Content Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AnalyticsReporting+27 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Video Editor & Post Production Expert

Remote
Premiere ProDavinci Resolve+13 more

$70/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

Real Estate Agent Expert

Remote
Real Estate TransactionsProperty Valuation+14 more

$75/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99312
  • $100–$149162
  • $150+38

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

Top skills

  • Python
  • technical writing
  • ai evaluation
  • llm evaluation
  • data annotation
  • AI training
  • model evaluation
  • code review
  • english
  • Typescript
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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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