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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 587 of 1,639 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

587 listings in 524 role families

Showing 391–420 of 524 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C Engineer for AI Code Review and Reference Apps

Remotecontract
CC Programming+25 more

Up to $65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Science Research Expert - AI Evaluation

Remotepart-time
BiologyBiotechnology+21 more

$60–120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

SQL Engineer Remote Contract for AI Data Review

Remotecontract
SQLPostgreSQL+32 more

Up to $50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Civil Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Civil EngineeringQa+30 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C++ Team Lead for AI Training Quality and QA

Remotecontract
C++Cpp+31 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Rust Engineer for AI Data Training Remote Contract

Remotecontract
RustActix+29 more

Up to $60/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

French Language Expert for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
FrenchFrench Grammar+25 more

$18–33/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert (Remote) - AI Model Evaluation

Remotepart-time
LitigationLegal Research+14 more

$100–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Business Operations Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Business OperationsSales Operations+16 more

$90–120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Kotlin Engineer for Android and Backend Remote Contract

Remotecontract
KotlinAndroid+28 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Student Software Engineering Expert

Remote
PythonJava+16 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Project Manager Expert

Remote
Project ManagementRisk Management+14 more

$103/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Content Writer & AI Evaluation Specialist

Remote
Content WritingCopywriting+19 more

$43/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert - AI Evaluation and Review

Remotepart-time
Legal PracticeLitigation+17 more

$60–150/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C# Engineer for .NET AI Content Review Remote

Remotecontract
Csharp.NET+24 more

Up to $65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Consumer Lifestyle Specialist - Remote Part-Time

Remotepart-time
AI TrainingAI Evaluation+26 more

$50–75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Producer and Director Expert

Remote
Film ProductionTelevision Production+14 more

$75/hr

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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

Expert Product Manager

Remote
Product ManagementRoadmaps+14 more

$85/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

TypeScript Engineer for AI Training Content Remote Contract

Remotecontract
TypeScriptAngular+27 more

Up to $60/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrician Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
National Electrical CodeElectrical Troubleshooting+12 more

$70/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

Linguistics Expert - AI Model Evaluation

Remote
SyntaxSemantics+10 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Neuroscience QA Lead for AI Training Projects Remote Contract

Remotecontract
NeuroscienceCognitive Science+32 more

Up to $90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Customer Service Expert Mid Senior Remote AI Domain

Remotecontract
AI Training DataCall Center+31 more

Up to $30/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

Swift Engineer for AI Content Review and Training

Remotecontract
ArcCombine+21 more

Up to $55/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$4990
  • $50–$99299
  • $100–$149160
  • $150+38

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

Top skills

  • Python
  • technical writing
  • ai evaluation
  • llm evaluation
  • english
  • large language models
  • data annotation
  • AI training
  • translation
  • model evaluation
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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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