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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 603 of 1,639 roles, 97% remote.

Filtered roles

603 listings in 537 role families

Showing 181–210 of 537 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 24d ago

Life Sciences Research Expert (Python)

Remotecontract
PythonBiology+4 more

$60–120/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 24d ago

Domain Contributor - Evaluation Specialist

Remotecontract
Domain DepthSource Verification+2 more

$30–60/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 24d ago

Machine Learning Researcher - AI

RemotePart-Time
Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence+14 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Engineering Expert - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Hardware EngineeringLarge Language Models+13 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Hardware Engineering Expert - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Hardware EngineeringIndustrial Engineering+10 more

Up to $75/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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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 25d ago

AI Engineer - Full stack (Conversational Systems) LATAM, Europe, North America

Remotecontract
Node.jsExpress+24 more

$70–80/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 25d ago

Research Evaluation Specialist (PhD or Masters / Researcher / Professor)

Remotecontract
Research & Source TriangulationAttention To Detail+4 more

$30–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Plant Performance Engineer

RemotePart-Time
Aveva PiWincc+14 more

Up to $85/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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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Category Management Specialist

RemotePart-Time
MerchandisingCategory Management+19 more

$80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Production Engineer - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Reservoir EngineeringSubsurface Analysis+10 more

Up to $85/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 26d ago

Evaluation Specialist/Recent Grad

Remotecontract
Research & Source TriangulationAttention To Detail+3 more

$20–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert - Remote Canada

RemotePart-Time
Mechanical EngineeringParametric Solid Modeling+21 more

$96/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Computer Science Expert - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Computer ScienceLarge Language Models+12 more

Up to $75/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

Mathematics Expert - AI Evaluation Project

RemotePart-Time
LeanCoq+17 more

$75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Reliability Engineer - Remote Energy AI Project

RemotePart-Time
Aveva PiWincc+14 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Power Systems Engineer - AI Research (Canada)

RemotePart-Time
Power Systems EngineeringElectrical Engineering+28 more

$96/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 26d ago

Materials Modeling Engineer

RemotePart-Time
Materials ScienceComputational Modeling+10 more

Up to $80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Robotics Engineer - AI Evaluation (India)

RemotePart-Time
RoboticsControl Systems+18 more

$47/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Energy Professional - Remote AI Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Reservoir SimulationAfe Preparation+24 more

Up to $80/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$4991
  • $50–$99312
  • $100–$149162
  • $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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