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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 61–90 of 524 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Cortex Lab (applied AI research)

Remotefull-time
AI Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & Research Engineering+2 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

Generalist

Remotecontract
GeneralistChatgpt Proficiency+5 more

$30–49/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Intelligence Operations & Collection Expert

Remotecontract
Intelligence OperationsIntelligence Collection+8 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Generalist for Data Annotation

Remotecontract
Image Data AnnotationAttention To Detail+7 more

$21–45/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)

Remotefull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML Engineering+2 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Robotics & Embodied AI Research

Remotefull-time
Robot Learning & Embodied AIRobotics Simulation & Sim To Real Transfer+2 more

$20–50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Human Data Manager

Remotefull-time
Project ManagementData Operations+2 more

$40–55/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
Machine Learning

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

AI Image Specialist (US Based)

Remotecontract
Graphic DesignAI Evaluation+2 more

$21–45/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)

Remotecontract
Biology

$60–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

3D Generalist: Modeling, Rigging & Animation (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
BlenderPython+27 more

$70–120/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 9d ago

Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems) - US Only

Remotecontract
ScalaKubernetes+22 more

$80–84/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 9d ago

Equity Research Analyst

Remotecontract
Equity ResearchFinancial Modeling+14 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Imagery Analyst —Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Data

Remotecontract
Data LabelingData Annotation+2 more

$35–80/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 9d ago

Financial Trading Specialist

Remotecontract
TradingMarket Analysis+16 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Mathematics Expert (MSc./PhD)

Remotecontract
MathematicsPython+3 more

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Strategic Project Lead, AI Coding & Evaluations

Remotefull-time
Technical Project & Pipeline ManagementSoftware Engineering & Technical Fluency+2 more

$80–90/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 10d ago

Portfolio Management Expert

Remotecontract
Portfolio ManagementAsset Allocation+10 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

Federal Management & Program Analyst

Remotecontract
Federal Program ManagementPolicy Analysis+13 more

$60–80/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 10d ago

Accounting Expert

Remotecontract
AccountingUs Gaap+12 more

$100/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 10d ago

Financial Consulting Expert

Remotecontract
Financial ConsultingValuation+12 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

National Security Technology Expert

Remotecontract
National Security SystemsDefense Technology Assessment+3 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
RtlHardware

$60–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 10d ago

Editorial, Deck & Document Designer (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
PowerPointIndesign+22 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

Military Training and Readiness Advisor

Remotecontract
Military Training AssessmentOperational Readiness Evaluation+3 more

$90–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

NSA / Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Expert

Remotecontract
Signals Intelligence (sigint) AnalysisIntelligence Scenario Development+12 more

$70–140/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 10d ago

Software Engineer

RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSoftware Architecture+9 more

$150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 10d ago

Senior Motion Designer & Creative Technologist (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
After EffectsCinema 4d+22 more

$70–120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 10d ago

Explosives & Energetic Materials Engineer (AI Safety)

Remote
Explosives EngineeringEnergetic Materials+13 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

Video Production Specialist

Remotecontract
Video ProductionVideo Editing+8 more

$20–35/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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