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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 444 of 1,639 roles, 98% remote.

Filtered roles

444 listings in 426 role families

Showing 271–300 of 426 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Epidemiologist — Patient Population Sizing

Remotepart-time
EpidemiologyBiostatistics+8 more

$150–175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

CRISPR Gene Editing SME

Remote
CrisprCas9+24 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Law Student Legal Document Reviewer

Remote
Legal ResearchLegal Writing+15 more

$125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Immigration Attorney

Remotecontract
Immigration Law ExpertiseLegal Writing+9 more

$140–400/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Corporate & M&A Attorney

Remote
Corporate LawM&a+13 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Venture Capital & Corporate Attorney

Remotecontract
Venture Capital FinancingCorporate Transactions+8 more

$140–400/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

US Contract Attorney — In-House Counsel

Remotehourly
Contract ReviewCompliance+13 more

$100–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Special Forces Operator

Remotecontract
Tactical Operations ExpertiseMission Planning+8 more

$80–170/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Cardiologist

Remotehourly
CardiologyAbim Cardiovascular Disease+13 more

$350/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Corporate Attorney - Remote US Contract Role

Remotecontract
Us LawTransactional Document Analysis+2 more

$100–170/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Contract Attorney - Remote Commercial Counsel

Remote
Contract NegotiationRedlining+14 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Civil Rights Attorney (BigLaw Firms)

Remotecontract
Civil Rights LawLegal Research And Analysis+8 more

$140–400/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Compliance Attorney – Remote US

Remotecontract
Compliance Law ExpertiseLegal Document Analysis+8 more

$100–170/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Physicians

RemotePart-Time
Critical CareEmergency Medicine+19 more

$180/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Endocrinologist

Remotehourly
EndocrinologyDiabetes And Metabolism+10 more

$200/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Research Scientist - Formal Methods

Remote
Formal MethodsLean+15 more

$135/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Radiologists

RemotePart-Time
RadiologyDiagnostic Imaging+20 more

$300/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Lawyer

Remotecontract
Legal ReasoningIssue Spotting+8 more

$100–170/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Computational Materials Science Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonPhase Field Modeling+16 more

$100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Radiologist

Remotehourly
RadiologyDiagnostic Radiology+10 more

$350/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Otolaryngologist (ENT)

Remotehourly
OtolaryngologyHead And Neck Surgery+15 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Audit & Assurance Accounting Expert

Remote
AuditGaas+16 more

$113/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Licensed Psychologist - Remote AI Safety Contract

Remote
Clinical PsychologyPsychological Assessment+13 more

$123/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Bioinformatics Expert

Remote
Machine LearningBioinformatics+20 more

$175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Physics General Expert

Remote
PhysicsClassical Mechanics+10 more

$100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Legal Researcher Remote Contract for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
Case Law AnalysisCitation Checking+27 more

Up to $110/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python ML Quality Lead for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+33 more

Up to $120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Econometrics Expert

Remote
EconometricsCausal Inference+12 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

PhD Domain Expert - Remote AI Research Contract

Remote
Literature ReviewTechnical Writing+10 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Software/ML Engineer - LLM Inference

Remote
CudaGpu Inference Optimization+13 more

$125/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$149327
  • $150+117

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • technical writing
  • attention to detail
  • data annotation
  • llm evaluation
  • legal writing
  • ai model evaluation
  • clinical reasoning
  • written communication
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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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