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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 61–90 of 179 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

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

Catalan QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotefull-time
CatalanEnglish+28 more

Up to $36/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Czech QA Lead for AI Training Remote

Remotecontract
CzechEnglish+27 more

Up to $30/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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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Tagalog QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAI Training Data+29 more

Up to $25/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

Lithuanian QA Lead for AI Training Content Review

Remotecontract
LithuanianLithuanian Grammar+32 more

Up to $35/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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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Bulgarian Language QA Lead for AI Training Programs

Remotecontract
BulgarianBulgarian Grammar+26 more

Up to $25/hr

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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

Slovenian QA Lead for AI Training Data Projects

Remotecontract
SlovenianQa+30 more

Up to $30/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Greek QA Lead for AI Training Content and Localization

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAnnotation+27 more

Up to $30/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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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Slovak QA Lead for AI Training Data Projects

Remotecontract
SlovakEnglish+32 more

Up to $25/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Arabic Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
ArabicMsa+24 more

Up to $40/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Turkish QA Lead for AI Training Projects Remote

Remotecontract
AI TrainingLLM Evaluation+30 more

Up to $25/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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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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