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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 82 of 1,639 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

82 listings in 73 role families

Showing 1–30 of 73 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16h ago

Physics Expert (Gravity and Holography)

Remotecontract
General RelativityCosmology+4 more

$100–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1d ago

Medicare Enrollment Specialist

Remotecontract
MedicareEnrollment+3 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1d ago

Consular Officer / Passport Specialist

Remotecontract

$50–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1d ago

Veterans Service Officer

Remotecontract
ClaimsAccreditation+3 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 2d ago

Senior Commercial Underwriter

Remotepart-time
Commercial Insurance UnderwritingRisk Assessment+3 more

$50–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 4d ago

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Physician

Remotecontract
Pediatric Hematology/oncology ExpertiseClinical Documentation Review+9 more

$150–180/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 4d ago

Codeforces Problem Setter

Remotecontract
Basics C++C+++3 more

$45–65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 5d ago

Formal Mathematics Specialist (Lean / Coq / Isabelle)

Remotepart-time
Formal MathematicsLean 4+17 more

$80–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 5d ago

Fab Safety and Emergency Response Expert (Japanese)

Remotehourly
Semiconductor Fab SafetyEhs+18 more

$85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

Independent Professional & Solopreneur (Domain Expert)

Remotecontract
Domain ExpertiseClient Relationship Management+3 more

$40–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 10d ago

Irregular Warfare Expert

Remotecontract
Special Operations DoctrineOperational Planning+8 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Python Game Developer (Panda3D)

Remotecontract
GitHubPython+2 more

$50–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Medical Imaging & Segmentation Specialist (3D Slicer)

Remotecontract
3d SlicerMedical Imaging

$60–112/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 13d ago

Solar2D Game Developer

Remotecontract
Solar2dLua Programming+1 more

$70–130/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 16d ago

Programming Languages Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Programming LanguagesCompilers+14 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

Marine Geology SME - Core Logging & Sedimentology

Remotecontract
Marine GeologySediment & Ocean Floor Basics+3 more

$40–100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 16d ago

Networked Systems Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Networked SystemsCongestion Control+12 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 16d ago

ParaView Specialist - Scientific Visualization

Remotecontract
ParaviewScientific Visualization

$63–122/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 17d ago

Applied Cryptography Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Applied CryptographyFully Homomorphic Encryption+9 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 17d ago

Computer Architecture Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Computer ArchitectureCaches+10 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 17d ago

Naval Subject Matter Expert (Cleared)

Remotecontract
Naval Domain DepthClassified Environment Fluency+3 more

$50–100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 17d ago

GPU Kernel and ML Systems Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
CudaTriton+13 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 18d ago

Parallel Algorithms and HPC Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Parallel AlgorithmsHpc+10 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 18d ago

Computational Biology Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Computational BiologyBioinformatics+10 more

$50/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 21d ago

Senior Sanity + Next.js Developer (LATAM)

Remotecontract
SanityNext.js+21 more

$65–75/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 23d ago

Software Engineer – Retail Investing Platforms (Paid Expert Interview)

Remotehourly
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering+17 more

$100–120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 24d ago

Game Developer - Remote Part-Time Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
GodotLibresprite+14 more

Up to $125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 24d ago

CAD Expert - Remote SolidWorks AI Project

RemotePart-Time
SolidworksCad+7 more

$125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 29d ago

Computational Chemistry Expert - Remote India

RemotePart-Time
Computational ChemistryPhysical Chemistry+22 more

$62/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Computational Chemistry Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonComputational Chemistry+21 more

$100/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$9960
  • $100–$14918
  • $150+4

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

Top skills

  • Python
  • ai evaluation
  • docker
  • reproducible research
  • data analysis
  • GitHub
  • technical writing
  • data annotation
  • screenshot capture
  • clinical documentation
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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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