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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 84 of 1,639 roles, 79% remote.

Filtered roles

84 listings in 81 role families

Showing 31–60 of 81 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Vision Engineer

Remotefull-time
Computer VisionOpencv+1 more

$30–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Strategic Projects Lead for Coding Data Pipelines

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Software Engineer

Remotefull-time
PythonMysql+9 more

$30–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Forward Deployed Engineer for Government AI Systems

Remotefull-time
PythonLLM Systems+2 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer New Grad Frontend Backend Remote

Remotefull-time
ReactNode.js+3 more

$60–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineer - AI Lab Project (US Remote)

Remotefull-time
Mechanical EngineeringSolidworks+28 more

$60–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

AI/ML Engineer, Internal Platforms

Remotefull-time
PythonLlms+3 more

$160–300/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Strategic Project Lead, J.D./Legal Expertise

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Engineer

Remotefull-time
MysqlPython+2 more

$30–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Associate Forward Deployed Engineer – Remote

Remotefull-time
PythonSQL+1 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Full Stack Developer

Remotefull-time
ReactNode.js+4 more

$30–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Strategic Project Lead, Finance Expertise

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

British English Voice Expert

Remotefull-time

$40–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

QA Automation Engineer

Remotefull-time
SeleniumPostman+2 more

$25–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

New Grad Software Engineer

Remotefull-time
ReactNode.js+3 more

$60–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Cinematographer

Remotefull-time
CinematographyCamera Operation+20 more

$70–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Performance & Directing Supervisor

Remotefull-time
Film DirectingAssistant Directing+19 more

$70–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

VP of Robotics Research - Remote Full-Time

Remotefull-time
Robotics SoftwareRobotics Data+1 more

$100–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

VFX & Compositing Supervisor

Remotefull-time
Vfx SupervisionCompositing+21 more

$70–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Colorist & Finishing Editor

Remotefull-time
Color GradingDavinci Resolve+19 more

$70–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Recruiter (Remote, US) - micro1

Remotefull-time
SourcingRecruitment Pipeline+2 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Strategic Project Lead – Remote Full-Time

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Korean OCR QA Expert for PDF Document Annotation

Remotefull-time
KoreanEnglish+23 more

Up to $40/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Catalan QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotefull-time
CatalanEnglish+28 more

Up to $36/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 2mo ago

Member of Technical Staff, Frontier AI

Remotefull-time
Research Signal JudgmentML Oriented Data Design+2 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 2mo ago

Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise AI

Remotefull-time
Research Signal JudgmentML Oriented Data Design+2 more

$100–130/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python Expert for AI Evaluation and Mandarin QA Remote

Remotefull-time
PythonPython3+22 more

Up to $50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Safety Expert Remote AI Model Safety Audit

Remotefull-time
ChemistryToxicology+20 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

FreeCAD Specialist for AI CAD Training Content

Remotefull-time
FreecadSketcher+18 more

Up to $30/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$499
  • $50–$9958
  • $100–$14915
  • $150+2

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

Top skills

  • large language models
  • Python
  • Human Data
  • Data Operations
  • Leadership & Team Management
  • AWS
  • midjourney
  • benchmark design
  • node.js
  • React
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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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