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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 61–90 of 137 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert

Remote
Mechanical EngineeringThermodynamics+12 more

$95/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Healthcare Quality Specialist

Remote
Healthcare QualityPatient Safety+16 more

$100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Tax and Audit Expert for AI Training Content Review

Remotecontract
Audit PlanningFinancial Statement Audit+21 more

Up to $80/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python Quality Lead for AI Training Projects Remote

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAutomation+28 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Structural Engineer Expert

Remote
Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering+16 more

$153/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Bash Team Lead for Remote QA and Training Coordination

Remotecontract
BashShell Scripting+26 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Science Team Lead for AI Training QA Remote

Remotecontract
Data ScienceStatistics+31 more

Up to $110/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

PHP Quality Lead for AI Training Projects Remote

Remotecontract
PHPPhp8+31 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Swedish Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Remote

Remotecontract
AIAI Training+30 more

Up to $60/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Political Science Quality Assurance Lead for Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AI TrainingBias Review+17 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Technology & Professional Services Expert

Remote
Technology ConsultingProfessional Services+17 more

$80/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical QA Lead for Remote AI Training Reviews

Remotecontract
Medical QaMedical Review+37 more

Up to $95/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C Engineer for AI Code Review and Reference Apps

Remotecontract
CC Programming+25 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Civil Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Civil EngineeringQa+30 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C++ Team Lead for AI Training Quality and QA

Remotecontract
C++Cpp+31 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Rust Engineer for AI Data Training Remote Contract

Remotecontract
RustActix+29 more

Up to $60/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Student Software Engineering Expert

Remote
PythonJava+16 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Software Developer Expert (Remote Contract)

Remote
Software EngineeringData Structures+16 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Project Manager Expert

Remote
Project ManagementRisk Management+14 more

$103/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Sociology Quality Assurance Lead Remote AI Training

Remotecontract
SociologyLLM Evaluation+31 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Geology QA Lead for Earth Science AI Training

Remotecontract
GeologyEarth Science+29 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C# Team Lead Contractor for .NET Backend Projects

Remotecontract
Csharp.NET+36 more

Up to $75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Research Expert

Remote
Quantitative FinanceQuantitative Research+16 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Chemical EngineeringProcess Engineering+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal QA Lead AI Training Content Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AI TrainingContract Review+30 more

Up to $120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

TypeScript Engineer for AI Training Content Remote Contract

Remotecontract
TypeScriptAngular+27 more

Up to $60/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCircuit Analysis+20 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Neuroscience QA Lead for AI Training Projects Remote Contract

Remotecontract
NeuroscienceCognitive Science+32 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Statistician & Experimentation Expert

Remote
StatisticsBiostatistics+10 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

HTML CSS Team Lead for Remote Frontend QA Contract

Remotecontract
HTMLCSS+36 more

Up to $80/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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