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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 972 of 1,639 roles, 98% remote.

Filtered roles

972 listings in 876 role families

Showing 481–510 of 876 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Excel Expert (US Remote) - GenAI Data Project

Remotehourly
ExcelAdvanced Excel Formulas+14 more

$70–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Remotecontract
ReactJavaScript+1 more

$30–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Data

Remotecontract
Data LabelingData Annotation+2 more

$20–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonJava+1 more

$30–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

AWS Serverless & Infrastructure-as-Code Task Auditor

Remotehourly
AWSLambda+15 more

$70–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonEtl

$20–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Italian Bilingual Expert for AI Training and Audio Evaluation

Remotecontract
English (b2+)Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Dutch Bilingual Expert for AI Training Focused on Dutch Speech

Remotecontract
English B2+Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

AI Developer Trace Task Auditor

Remotehourly
CursorGitHub Copilot+10 more

$70–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Mobile Developer

Remotecontract
KotlinSwift+1 more

$50–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Russian Bilingual Expert for AI Training - Remote Contractor

Remotecontract
English (b2+)Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Frontend Engineer (Tailwind)

Remotecontract
ReactJavaScript+1 more

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

English Teacher

Remotecontract
EnglishAttention To Detail+3 more

$15–40/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Swiss German Transcription Expert

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAttention To Detail+1 more

$25–30/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Hebrew Bilingual Expert for AI Training Remote

Remotecontract
English (b2+)Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Japanese Transcription Expert

Remotecontract
Apanese Language FluencyAudio Transcription+1 more

$20–36/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Software Engineer

Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

German Transcription Expert for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
German Language ProficiencyAudio Transcription+3 more

$20–30/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Thai Bilingual Expert for AI Training and Evaluation

Remotecontract
English (b2+)Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Polish Bilingual Expert for AI Training and Audio Review

Remotecontract
English (b2+)Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Turkish Bilingual Expert for AI Training and Review

Remotecontract
English (b2+)Attention To Detail+3 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

UI Engineer

Remotecontract
ReactTypeScript+2 more

$30–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Architect for Production Platform Engineering

Remotecontract
Cloud Benchmark Task AuthoringCloud And Distributed Systems Architecture+1 more

$60–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Scientist Talent Network

Remotehourly
PythonSQL+4 more

$100–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer for AI Workflow and QA Automation

Remotecontract
Ci/cdScripting+3 more

$50–70/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

SWE-Bench Task Auditor

Remotehourly
PythonJava+11 more

$70–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Arabic Voice Actor (Egypt dialect)

Remotecontract
Egyptian Arabic FluencyVoice Acting+12 more

$30–65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Stata SE Application User - Windows

Remotehourly
StataStata Se+14 more

$45–55/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

CAD Design Expert Instructor – Remote

Remotecontract
Cad Tools MasteryParametric Modeling Mastery+2 more

$40–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source Contributor – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Python3Java+4 more

$100–150/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$49263
  • $50–$99459
  • $100–$149175
  • $150+75

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

Top skills

  • english
  • AI training
  • Attention to detail
  • llm evaluation
  • trainer feedback
  • python
  • documentation
  • written communication
  • discord
  • translation quality review
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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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