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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 190 of 1,639 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

190 listings in 179 role families

Showing 1–30 of 179 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1d ago

Accounting Expert

Remotehourly
Financial ReportingTechnical Accounting+19 more

$95/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 3d ago

Chip Design Expert (RTL Design & Verification)

Remotehourly
Rtl DesignVerilog+13 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3d ago

Software Engineer - Backend

Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more

$50–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3d ago

Software Engineer

Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more

$50–100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 4d ago

Applied Statistician (Survey, Actuarial, Quality)

Remote
StatisticsPython+12 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 4d ago

Process & Chemical Plant Engineer

Remote
PythonChemical Engineering+10 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 4d ago

Mechanical & Aerospace Test and Reliability Engineer

Remote
PythonMatlab+17 more

$50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 5d ago

Dassault Systèmes CATIA Specialist

Remotecontract
CatiaDassault Systèmes+23 more

Up to $150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 5d ago

Software Engineer (Foundational)

Remotepart-time
PythonJava+16 more

$80–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

AI Trainer (Engineering Sciences)

Remotecontract
HardwareAerodynamics+4 more

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

Dimensional Metrology Quality Engineer

Remotecontract
Gd&t And First Article Inspection3d Scanning And Inspection Software+2 more

$50–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

Electronics Assembly Quality Engineer

Remotecontract
X Ray Inspection Of Area Array Solder JointsReflow Process+2 more

$60–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 5d ago

AI Safety & Evaluation Specialist

Remotecontract
Privacy Risk AssessmentData Protection+3 more

$30–50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Coding Expert

Remotecontract
PythonJavaScript+1 more

$20–45/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

Elevator Mechanic / Adjuster (QEI, Controller Troubleshooting)

Remotecontract
Controller Troubleshooting From Straight Line Wiring DiagramsAsme A17.1 Code And Safety Circuits+1 more

$20–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Mechanical Engineer Reviewer

Remotehourly
Mechanical EngineeringAsme+13 more

$90/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

Electrical Engineer Reviewer

Remotehourly
Electrical EngineeringIec Standards+14 more

$90/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 10d ago

Civil Engineer Reviewer

Remotehourly
Civil EngineeringEurocodes+18 more

$90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 11d ago

Senior Software Engineer – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Software Engineer – AI Training

Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Electronic Engineer (Qucs-S)

Remotecontract
Qucs S

$65–123/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 13d ago

Software Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonJavaScript+12 more

$200/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 16d ago

Software Engineering Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Software Engineering ResearchTest Generation+13 more

$50/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 18d ago

Sr. Software Quality Analyst (Costa Rica)

Remotecontract
QaJira+17 more

$23–31/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 18d ago

Quality & Patient Safety Nurse - AI Evaluation

Remotecontract
Critical ThinkingClinical Quality Improvement+13 more

$65/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 18d ago

QA Automation Engineer – Web3

Remotecontract
Web3Qa Automation+26 more

$28–31/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 19d ago

Financial Due Diligence & Transaction Accounting

Remotecontract
CpaAI Agents

$60–120/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 19d ago

AI Automation Engineer (Agentic AI)

Remotecontract
PythonTypeScript+20 more

$90–100/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$4948
  • $50–$99102
  • $100–$14934
  • $150+6

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

Top skills

  • ai training
  • llm evaluation
  • trainer feedback
  • documentation
  • english
  • discord
  • style guides
  • ai_training
  • localization qa
  • translation quality review
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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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