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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 52 of 1,639 roles, 98% remote.

Filtered roles

52 listings in 50 role families

Showing 31–50 of 50 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Infrastructure / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Remotepart-time
KubernetesAWS+28 more

$200/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Frontend Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer Expert (Remote) Part-Time

Remotepart-time
ReactTypeScript+21 more

$70–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source Contributor – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Python3Java+4 more

$100–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Software & Firmware Engineering Expert

Remotehourly
Embedded FirmwareFpga+28 more

$100–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical & Hardware Engineer

Remotehourly
Rf EngineeringAntenna Design+18 more

$100–120/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Experts

Remotehourly
Mechanical EngineeringStructural Analysis+28 more

$100–120/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

iOS Engineer Swift and Objective-C Remote Contract

Remotecontract
iOSSwift+28 more

Up to $110/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Engineer Expert

Remote
Electrical EngineeringPower Systems+12 more

$113/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Reliability and Quality Engineering Expert

Remote
Design Of ExperimentsStatistical Process Control+13 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Aerospace Engineer Expert

Remote
Aerospace EngineeringAerodynamics+14 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Professional Engineer Expert

Remote
Pe LicenseDesign Review+14 more

$148/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Node.js and React Full Stack Engineer for AI Review

Remotecontract
Node.jsReact+35 more

Up to $100/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

Android Engineer Kotlin and Java Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AndroidKotlin+31 more

Up to $110/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Remote Contract)

Remote
Next.jsReact+15 more

$140/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legacy Codebase Migration Expert

Remotepart-time
JavaPython+18 more

$200/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$14941
  • $150+11

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

Top skills

  • python
  • technical writing
  • code review
  • typescript
  • java
  • electrical engineering
  • ai evaluation
  • react
  • c++
  • go
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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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