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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

Available onmicro1565Mercor332AfterQuery268SME Careers215Handshake AI168Braintrust72
Popular categories:AI Training1098Machine Learning & AI603Language & Linguistics256Quality Assurance & Testing190Software Engineering186Other146
RemoteContractFull-time$50+/hr$100+/hrHighest pay

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Filtered roles

435 listings in 417 role families

Showing 361–390 of 417 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Financial Reporting Accountant

Remote
GaapSec Reporting+16 more

$113/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Machine Learning Research Expert

Remote
PythonPyTorch+14 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Security Researcher - Fenrir Project

Remote
Security ResearchVulnerability Discovery+12 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biology Expert - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
BiologyMolecular Biology+14 more

$125/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

Contract Review Expert for AI Contract Analysis

Remotecontract
Contract ReviewRedlining+32 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Consulting Expert - Remote Finance Contract

Remote
ConsultingManagement Consulting+12 more

$125/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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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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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Creative Technologist - Audio Design UX Remote

Remote
Audio EngineeringSound Design+10 more

$135/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Optics and Photonics Expert

Remote
LumericalZemax+19 more

$100/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

Medical Doctor Specialist for AI Content Review

Remotecontract
Board CertificationBoard Eligibility+24 more

Up to $150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Inference & GPU Kernel Research Engineer

Remote
Machine LearningGpu Kernels+14 more

$135/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

Legal Expert for AI Data Training, Remote Contract

Remotecontract
LawConstitutional Law+26 more

Up to $115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Junior Consultant Expert

Remote
ConsultingDesk Research+15 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Graduate Student AI Evaluator

Remote
Data AnnotationData Labeling+12 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physician Assistant - Remote AI Contract

Remote
Pa CNccpa+16 more

$100/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

Android Engineer Kotlin and Java Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AndroidKotlin+31 more

Up to $110/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dentist Expert - Remote Clinical AI Contract

Remote
DentistryRestorative Dentistry+11 more

$128/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring

Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert - AI Legal Reasoning Evaluation

Remote
Legal ReasoningLegal Research+10 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Scientist Expert

Remote
SQLPython+10 more

$115/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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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chartered Accountant Expert

Remote
IfrsLocal Gaap+10 more

$105/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Certified Financial Planner Expert

Remote
CfpFinancial Planning+12 more

$108/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Analyst Expert

Remote
PythonR+13 more

$175/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$149318
  • $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
  • written communication
  • clinical reasoning
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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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