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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 151–179 of 179 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineer Remote AI Validation for Med Tech

Remotecontract
AIData Annotation+24 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biochemist Contract (Remote) AI Content QA

Remotecontract
BiochemistryMolecular Biology+26 more

Up to $85/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Red-Teaming QA Lead for AI Safety and Evaluation

Remotecontract
Adversarial TestingAI Red Teaming+25 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
Biomedical EngineeringAI Training+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C Programming Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
C ProgrammingEmbedded Systems+28 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Hebrew QA Lead for AI Training Data and Localization

Remotecontract
HebrewLinguistics+31 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Senior Domain Expert - AI Research Evaluation

Remote
Software EngineeringSystems Engineering+28 more

$135/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Copyediting Expert for AI Language Training Content

Remotecontract
CopyeditingEnglish+24 more

Up to $25/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Scala Engineer for AI Training Content & Evaluation

Remotecontract
ScalaScala 2.13+30 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Chemical EngineeringProcess Design+13 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

SQL Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCode Review+21 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Java Engineer for AI Review and Backend Systems

Remotecontract
JavaSpring Boot+25 more

Up to $55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

JavaScript QA Lead for AI Training Projects Remote Contract

Remotecontract
JavaScriptNode.js+26 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Information Security Analyst Expert

Remote
Security OperationsIncident Response+17 more

$113/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Kotlin Team Lead for Android and JVM QA and Training

Remotecontract
AIKotlin+24 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Angular Engineer for AI Frontend Review

Remotecontract
AngularAngular Cli+33 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Analyst Expert

Remote
PythonR+13 more

$175/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Economics QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
EconomicsEconometrics+30 more

Up to $90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Ukrainian QA Lead for AI Training Data Remote

Remotecontract
UkrainianUkrainian Grammar+22 more

Up to $30/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

R QA Lead for Remote Data-Analysis Projects Contract

Remotecontract
RRstudio+33 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physics QA Lead for Remote Contract Engagement

Remotecontract
PhysicsClassical Mechanics+31 more

Up to $75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Hardware Design Engineer

Remote
CadRtl+14 more

$135/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

JavaScript Engineer for AI Training Content and Evaluation

Remotecontract
JavaScriptTypeScript+27 more

Up to $60/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Romanian QA Lead for AI Training Projects and QA Leadership

Remotecontract
RomanianLinguistics+36 more

Up to $25/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Regulatory Compliance Officer Expert

Remote
ComplianceRegulatory Compliance+14 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Philosophy QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
PhilosophyEthics+27 more

Up to $65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

CVE Vulnerability Expert

Remotehourly
CveCvss+16 more

$70–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3mo ago

Accountant (CPA/CA)

Remotecontract
Us Tax Law InterpretationIrs Regulation Analysis+8 more

$20–30/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3mo ago

Penetration Tester

Remotefull-time
Ethical HackingVulnerability Assessment+1 more

$25–80/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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