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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 1,201 of 1,639 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

1,201 listings in 1,133 role families

Showing 271–300 of 1,133 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

AI Jailbreak & Prompt-Injection Security Expert

Remotecontract
Ethical JailbreaksLLM Red Teaming+2 more

$50–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Aviation Subject Matter Expert - Commercial Pilot / Flight Ops

Remotecontract
Instrument Approach BriefingFaa Approach Charts+4 more

$40–100/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 18d ago

Senior U.S. Attorney & Legal Expert - AI Training

Remotecontract
Legal WritingContract Law+18 more

$105/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Nuclear & Radiological Security Expert

Remotecontract
Nuclear PhysicsRadiological Safety+2 more

$50–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Senior Photographer

Remotecontract
Professional PhotographyPhotoshop+7 more

$55–105/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 18d ago

Sr. Full-Stack Engineer, AI-Native (LATAM / Europe)

Remotecontract
TypeScriptReact+30 more

$85–90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 18d ago

Security Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Security ResearchFuzzing+13 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Senior Intelligence Analyst – National Security

Remotecontract
Intelligence AnalysisThreat Assessment+3 more

$80–170/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 18d ago

Quality & Patient Safety Nurse - AI Evaluation

Remotecontract
Critical ThinkingClinical Quality Improvement+13 more

$65/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 18d ago

Neurologist

RemotePart-Time
NeurologyStroke And Vascular Neurology+24 more

$180/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Military Operations & IHL Expert

Remotecontract
War FightingWeapons Targeting+2 more

$50–90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 18d ago

Parallel Algorithms and HPC Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Parallel AlgorithmsHpc+10 more

$50/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 18d ago

Luxury Automotive Strategy Expert

Remotehourly
Luxury AutomotiveBusiness Strategy+13 more

$300–350/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Military Writing Specialist

Remotecontract
Military WritingFederal Documentation Standards+6 more

$40–80/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 18d ago

Robotics and RL Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
RoboticsReinforcement Learning+12 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 18d ago

Computational Biology Researcher (Research Coding Tasks)

Remote
Computational BiologyBioinformatics+10 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 18d ago

Management Consulting Expert

Remotecontract
AI Agents

$60–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 18d ago

Lawyers & Legal Experts — Global Talent Pool

Remotehourly
Legal ReviewLegal Analysis+22 more

$100–140/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 18d ago

Speech-Language Pathologist

RemotePart-Time
Speech Language PathologyCcc Slp+16 more

$180/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 19d ago

Analogue RF IC Designer for EM Simulation Tasks

Remotecontract
RficChip Design+22 more

$40–100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 19d ago

Japanese Linguistic Experts

Remotehourly
JapaneseLinguistics+14 more

$50/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 19d ago

STEM PhD Expert for AI Reasoning & Evaluation

Remotecontract
Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence+10 more

$50–150/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 19d ago

Lead Software Engineer, Core Platform

Remotecontract
TypeScriptJavaScript+24 more

$50–60/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 19d ago

Open Source Maintainer Expert

Remote
Open Source MaintenanceCode Review+9 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 19d ago

Financial Due Diligence & Transaction Accounting

Remotecontract
CpaAI Agents

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 19d ago

Corporate Finance & Financial Modeling Expert

Remotecontract
CpaAI Agents

$60–120/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 19d ago

Sr Experience/Product Designer (EXD)

Remotecontract
Product DesignInteraction Design+18 more

$100–130/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 19d ago

AI Automation Engineer (Agentic AI)

Remotecontract
PythonTypeScript+20 more

$90–100/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 20d ago

Emergency Medicine Physician - AI Evaluation

Remotecontract
Emergency MedicineClinical Reasoning+13 more

$135/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 21d ago

HR & People Operations Expert

Remotecontract
Payroll And Lifecycle OperationsObjective Grading Criteria+3 more

$45–90/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99766
  • $100–$149318
  • $150+117

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • technical writing
  • llm evaluation
  • AI training
  • data annotation
  • english
  • ai model evaluation
  • Attention to Detail
  • model evaluation
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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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