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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 61–90 of 426 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 11d ago

Lawyer – Remote Contract, Legal Document Review

Remotecontract
Drafting And Reviewing Legal DocumentsBasic Legal Research+3 more

$80–180/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 11d ago

Chief Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer

Remotecontract
Multidisciplinary Project LeadershipMechanical Design & Engineering Analysis+2 more

$200–300/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 11d ago

Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation

Remotehourly
Survey ResearchMarket Research+23 more

$120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 11d ago

Materials Science Expert (AI Safety)

Remote
Materials ScienceMetallurgy+8 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 11d ago

Nuclear Science & Engineering Expert (AI Safety)

Remote
Nuclear EngineeringNuclear Science+10 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 11d ago

Radiologist / Radiation Sciences Expert (AI Safety)

Remote
RadiologyMedical Physics+8 more

$150/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 11d ago

Senior AI Consultant

Remotecontract
Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AI+21 more

$100–150/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 11d ago

Venture Capital Analyst

Remotecontract
Venture CapitalStartup Valuation+11 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 11d ago

Godot Game Engine expert

Remotecontract
GodotGame Development

$70–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Principal / Lead Systems Engineer

Remotecontract
Project ManagementCross Disciplinary Technical Leadership+2 more

$150–300/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 12d ago

Investment Banking Analyst

Remotecontract
Investment BankingM&a+20 more

$100/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 12d ago

Private Equity Associate

Remotecontract
Private EquityLbo Modeling+17 more

$100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 12d ago

Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor – Software Engineer

Remotefull-time
Open Source MaintenanceCode Review+8 more

$150/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 12d ago

Quantitative Analyst (Finance)

Remotecontract
Quantitative FinanceStochastic Modeling+15 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 12d ago

Radioactive Materials & Health Physics Expert (AI Safety)

Remote
Health PhysicsRadiochemistry+10 more

$150/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 12d ago

Growth Equity Analyst

Remotecontract
Growth EquityValuation+13 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Systems Architect / Chief Systems Architect

Remotecontract
System Architecture DesignTechnical Trade Studies+2 more

$150–300/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 12d ago

Senior Book Editor

Remotecontract
Manuscript EditingLine Editing+13 more

$80–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 13d ago

Solar2D Game Developer

Remotecontract
Solar2dLua Programming+1 more

$70–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 13d ago

LibreCAD Expert

Remotecontract
LibrecadAutocad+3 more

$65–165/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 13d ago

Commercial Attorney (Remote, US) Contract

Remotecontract
Contract DraftingTechnology Transactions+2 more

$90–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 13d ago

2D Game Developer (Defold)

Remotecontract
Defold

$70–130/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 13d ago

Software Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonJavaScript+12 more

$200/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 13d ago

Capital Markets Expert

Remotecontract
Capital MarketsEquity Capital Markets+20 more

$100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 13d ago

Market Research & Insights Experts

Remotehourly
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+13 more

$120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 14d ago

Contracts Attorney - Remote US Contract Role

Remotecontract
Contract DraftingTechnology Transactions+2 more

$90–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 14d ago

Aerospace Engineering Expert

Remotecontract
Technical Depth In A SubdomainEngineering Judgment Under Constraints+4 more

$85–185/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 14d ago

US Patent Attorney — Prosecution & Litigation

Remotehourly
Patent ProsecutionPatent Litigation+18 more

$110–125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 15d ago

Federal Civil Litigation Attorney

Remotecontract
Federal Civil LitigationMotion Drafting+9 more

$150–250/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 15d ago

Mathematics Domain Expert

Remotehourly
MathematicsReal Analysis+15 more

$90–140/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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