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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 1,239 of 1,639 roles, 97% remote.

Filtered roles

1,239 listings in 1,167 role families

Showing 1051–1080 of 1,167 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Java Engineer for AI Review and Backend Systems

Remotecontract
JavaSpring Boot+25 more

Up to $55/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

OriginPro Windows Application Expert - STEM

Remotehourly
OriginOriginpro+14 more

$45–55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Scientist Expert

Remote
SQLPython+10 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

JavaScript QA Lead for AI Training Projects Remote Contract

Remotecontract
JavaScriptNode.js+26 more

Up to $70/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

EViews on Windows Application Expert

Remotehourly
EviewsEconometrics+9 more

$45–55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chartered Accountant Expert

Remote
IfrsLocal Gaap+10 more

$105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Kotlin Team Lead for Android and JVM QA and Training

Remotecontract
AIKotlin+24 more

Up to $65/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Literature Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
Close ReadingLiterary Analysis+10 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Fraud Investigator Expert

Remote
Fraud InvestigationAml+14 more

$78/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

History Expert - Remote Contract AI Evaluation

Remote
HistoryHistoriography+10 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

High School Teacher Expert

Remote
Rubric DesignAssessment Design+16 more

$55/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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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Angular Engineer for AI Frontend Review

Remotecontract
AngularAngular Cli+33 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Analyst Expert

Remote
PythonR+13 more

$175/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Economics QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
EconomicsEconometrics+30 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

HVAC Expert - Remote Contract Position

Remote
HvacEpa Section 608+13 more

$70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Social Media Expert for AI Training Content Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AnalyticsReporting+27 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Finance Expert - Early Career Remote Contract

Remote
Financial ModelingValuation+11 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Economics Expert - Remote Contract Position

Remote
EconometricsCausal Inference+11 more

$80/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Video Editor & Post Production Expert

Remote
Premiere ProDavinci Resolve+13 more

$70/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Excel on macOS Specialist

Remotehourly
ExcelMacos+12 more

$60–70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Finance Expert - Remote AI Response Review

Remote
FinanceAccounting+17 more

$175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Real Estate Agent Expert

Remote
Real Estate TransactionsProperty Valuation+14 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Clinical Psychologist AI Reviewer

Remote
Clinical PsychologyPsychological Assessment+13 more

$90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

R QA Lead for Remote Data-Analysis Projects Contract

Remotecontract
RRstudio+33 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Norwegian Language Expert for AI Content Review

Remotecontract
CopyeditingCultural Context+29 more

Up to $55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physics QA Lead for Remote Contract Engagement

Remotecontract
PhysicsClassical Mechanics+31 more

Up to $75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Hardware Design Engineer

Remote
CadRtl+14 more

$135/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99795
  • $100–$149327
  • $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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