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

Filtered roles

1,639 listings in 1,461 role families

Showing 691–720 of 1,461 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Aerodynamics Expert for AI in Aerospace Engineering

Remotecontract
AerodynamicsComputational Fluid Dynamics (cfd)+13 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Privacy Analyst

Remotecontract
PiiData Privacy+2 more

$31–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Engineering & Software Domain Expert

Bay Area, CAfull-time
Distributed SystemsBackend Infrastructure+13 more

$65–105/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Golang Developer

Remotefull-time
Go

$30–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mobile Application Developer

Remotefull-time
iOS DevelopmentAndroid Development+8 more

$30–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Test Automation Engineer

Remotehourly
PythonMatlab+23 more

$70–85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Physician AI Trainer – Hospital Medicine

Remotecontract
Hospitalist ExperienceInternal Medicine+3 more

$80–125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Simulation Expert - Real-to-Sim 3D Environments

Remotecontract
Isaac SimGazebo+13 more

$60–100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Engineering Expert - Remote Part-Time

Remotepart-time
Electrical EngineeringCircuit Design+15 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Analyst (Remote Contract)

Remotecontract
PiiData Privacy+3 more

$31–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Platform Engineer Remote Cloud Infrastructure Expert

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

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Big Data Engineer

Remotecontract
Big DataPython+2 more

$30–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Security Engineer – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Python3Java+10 more

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

AI/ML Engineer

Remotefull-time
PythonLlms+2 more

$70–200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Professor for Remote Contract Teaching and Assessment

Remotecontract
Mechanical EngineeringSolid And Structural Mechanics+13 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Engineering Professor Focused on AI Assessment Remote

Remotecontract
Electrical EngineeringAnalog Circuits+13 more

$40–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Human Data Manager Role Focused on Data Operations and AI Input

Remotefull-time
Project ManagementData Operations+2 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Staff Ruby Engineer

Remotecontract
Expert Ruby And RailsSystem Design And Architecture+7 more

$30–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Analyst for AI Evaluation in Cloud Data Workflows

Remotecontract
ReportingSQL+2 more

$50–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer, New Grad (Zara)

Remotefull-time
ReactNode.js+3 more

$60–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

CFD Engineer Contractor (Remote, AI Training)

Remotecontract
Cfd EngineeringAerodynamics+1 more

$50–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Support Engineer

Remotecontract
ScriptingCloud+2 more

$25–50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer Go Python TS Contractor Remote

Remotecontract
PythonGo+1 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

TypeScript + Rust Developer

Remotecontract
TypeScriptRust

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Java Developer

Remotecontract
JavaBackend+1 more

$30–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

E-commerce Data & Catalog Specialist

Remotecontract
Product Catalog ManagementSql/nosql Database Knowledge+3 more

$40–50/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Design+16 more

$70–125/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Network Engineer - Data for Autonomous Systems annotation

Remotehourly
WiresharkTcpdump+16 more

$50–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Partnerships Manager for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
NegotiationProspecting+2 more

$40–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Vision Engineer

Remotefull-time
Computer VisionOpencv+1 more

$30–80/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$49400
  • $50–$99795
  • $100–$149327
  • $150+117

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

Top skills

  • english
  • ai evaluation
  • Python
  • llm evaluation
  • AI training
  • data annotation
  • Attention to detail
  • technical writing
  • translation
  • documentation
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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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