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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 211–240 of 537 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Drilling/Production Engineer - Energy AI

RemotePart-Time
Drilling EngineeringProduction Engineering+17 more

Up to $85/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Software Developers (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
PythonJavaScript+18 more

$50–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineers (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
Industrial EngineeringManufacturing Engineering+12 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Music Professional - AI Music Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Music PerformanceComposition+14 more

Up to $100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Data Analysts & Spreadsheet Specialists (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
ExcelGoogle Sheets+13 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Software Engineer - AI Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSystem Design+12 more

$120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 27d ago

Senior Field Service Technician

Remotecontract
Electrical Schematic ReadingHydraulic & Pneumatic Diagrams+3 more

$60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 27d ago

Senior Machinist & Field Ops Lead

Remotecontract
Machining Drawing & Gd&t ReadingCnc Setup & Programming+3 more

$40–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

STEM PhD AI Fellowship (Remote, Europe, UK)

RemotePart-Time
MathematicsChemistry+10 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Math Expert AI Evaluation Fellowship Remote

RemotePart-Time
MathematicsProof Writing+14 more

Up to $75/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 27d ago

Strategic Project Lead, Coding/SWE

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

STEM Professor AI Fellowship - Remote Part-Time

RemotePart-Time
MathematicsChemistry+12 more

Up to $150/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Electrical Engineering Expert

RemotePart-Time
Electrical EngineeringComputer Engineering+22 more

$120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 28d ago

Mechanical & CAD Engineers (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
Fusion 360Onshape+11 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Quantitative Finance Researcher

RemotePart-Time
Quantitative FinanceMathematical Finance+11 more

$75–150/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Physics Expert (Mexico)

RemotePart-Time
Computational PhysicsTheoretical Physics+18 more

$63/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Drilling Engineer (Remote, Part-Time)

RemotePart-Time
Drilling EngineeringCompletions Engineering+10 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Physics Expert - AI Training Project (India)

RemotePart-Time
PhysicsComputational Physics+19 more

$47/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 28d ago

Computer Power Users & Automation Builders (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
MacosShortcuts+14 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Robotics Engineering Expert - Remote Part-Time

RemotePart-Time
RoboticsRos+18 more

$75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Meter Data Analyst - Remote AI Research Project

RemotePart-Time
Utility MeteringCustomer Operations+13 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Physics and Engineering AI Evaluation Expert

RemotePart-Time
PhysicsEngineering+10 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

STEM PhD AI Trainer - LATAM Remote

RemotePart-Time
Large Language ModelsLLM Evaluation+10 more

Up to $50/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Visual Designer - AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Visual DesignBrand Design+13 more

$100–125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Lawyers - Remote AI Evaluation for Legal Experts

RemotePart-Time
Juris DoctorLegal Analysis+8 more

Up to $110/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Maintenance Planner - AI Training Project

RemotePart-Time
Maintenance PlanningAsset Management+12 more

Up to $85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 29d ago

AI Product Evaluator

Remotecontract
AI ModelsAI Agents+2 more

$14–36/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Process Engineer - AI Research (Remote Contract)

RemotePart-Time
Process EngineeringRefinery Engineering+12 more

$80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Computational Biology Expert - AI Evaluation (India)

RemotePart-Time
Computational BiologyBioinformatics+18 more

$47/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 29d ago

Aerodynamics Expert (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
PythonAerodynamics

$80–120/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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