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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 142 of 1,639 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

142 listings in 137 role families

Showing 31–60 of 137 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 26d ago

Senior Electronics Quality Engineer – Remote

Remotecontract
Ipc 610 & Ipc 620 InspectionPcb Cam & Gerber Review+3 more

$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 30d ago

App Security Expert

Remotecontract
OsweLLM Security+3 more

$40–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Education Practitioner - Learning & Assessment Specialist

Remotecontract
Instructional DesignersEducators

$90–130/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Chemistry Expert (UK)

RemotePart-Time
Computational ChemistryPhysical Chemistry+19 more

$65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source Applied Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$100–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Test Automation Engineer

Remotehourly
PythonMatlab+23 more

$70–85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Simulation Expert - Real-to-Sim 3D Environments

Remotecontract
Isaac SimGazebo+13 more

$60–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Professor for Remote Contract Teaching and Assessment

Remotecontract
Mechanical EngineeringSolid And Structural Mechanics+13 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Analyst for AI Evaluation in Cloud Data Workflows

Remotecontract
ReportingSQL+2 more

$50–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

AI Developer Trace Task Auditor

Remotehourly
CursorGitHub Copilot+10 more

$70–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

QA Automation Engineer

Remotefull-time
SeleniumPostman+2 more

$25–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Architect for Production Platform Engineering

Remotecontract
Cloud Benchmark Task AuthoringCloud And Distributed Systems Architecture+1 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer for AI Workflow and QA Automation

Remotecontract
Ci/cdScripting+3 more

$50–70/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

SWE-Bench Task Auditor

Remotehourly
PythonJava+11 more

$70–90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Documentation Writer

Remote
Technical WritingAPI Documentation+13 more

$68/hr

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Meridial

MeridialVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Task Auditor

Remote
Gpu KernelsAWS Trainium+9 more

$60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Systems & Integration Engineering Expert

Remotehourly
Systems EngineeringIntegration Testing+28 more

$100–120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Audit & Assurance Accounting Expert

Remote
AuditGaas+16 more

$113/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Biology QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
BiologyMolecular Biology+36 more

Up to $75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Full-Stack Engineer - Testing & Evaluation

Remote
DockerJavaScript+16 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Advanced Coding Expert

Remote
PythonTypeScript+18 more

$85/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

German Language Expert for Localization QA and Translation

Remotecontract
Cat ToolsCopyediting+24 more

Up to $50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Python ML Quality Lead for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+33 more

Up to $120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Japanese Quality Assurance Lead for Remote AI Training

Remotecontract
AI TrainingEnglish+20 more

Up to $55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Java Team Lead for Remote AI Training QA Contract

Remotecontract
JavaSpring Boot+34 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dutch QA Lead for AI Training Projects, Remote Contract

Remotecontract
DutchLinguistics+23 more

Up to $50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead for remote contract

Remotecontract
AIQa+28 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dart QA Lead for AI Training Projects and Reviews

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAsync Programming+28 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer AI Content Evaluation Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Chemical EngineeringAspen Plus+26 more

Up to $100/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99102
  • $100–$14934
  • $150+6

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

Top skills

  • ai training
  • llm evaluation
  • trainer feedback
  • python
  • code review
  • documentation
  • discord
  • english
  • technical writing
  • git
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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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