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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 841–870 of 1,461 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Kubernetes Task Auditor

Remotehourly
KubernetesEks+21 more

$70–90/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

Remotehourly
Technical SalesB2b Sales+13 more

$70–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Spanish Tutors

Remotehourly
SpanishTutoring+9 more

$60–65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Drug Discovery Scientist

Remotehourly
Mechanistic EnzymologyStructure Based Drug Design+13 more

$60–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Certified Inpatient Medical Coder

Remotecontract
Inpatient CodingInpatient Records+5 more

$50–70/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

General Surgeon

Remotehourly
General SurgeryAbs General Surgery+13 more

$200/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Software & Firmware Engineering Expert

Remotehourly
Embedded FirmwareFpga+28 more

$100–120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Energy Project Estimator - Remote Part-Time

RemotePart-Time
Energy Project EstimationPre Construction+9 more

Up to $85/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

PowerPoint Professional (Windows)

Remotehourly
PowerPointWindows+16 more

$60–70/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Infectious Disease Physician

Remotehourly
Infectious DiseaseClinical Chart Review+10 more

$200/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Patent Agent - Remote Contract Prosecution

Remote
Patent ProsecutionClaim Drafting+10 more

$108/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Financial Managers

Remotehourly
Financial ManagementBudgeting+13 more

$70–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Quantitative Rates Researcher

Remotecontract
PythonR+23 more

$80–150/hr

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Meridial

MeridialVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Task Auditor

Remote
Gpu KernelsAWS Trainium+9 more

$60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

DaVinci Resolve Editor / Colorist

Remotecontract
Davinci ResolveVideo Editing+2 more

$15–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical & Hardware Engineer

Remotehourly
Rf EngineeringAntenna Design+18 more

$100–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Family Medicine Physician (MD)

Remotecontract
Clinical AnnotationMedical Record Review+8 more

$100–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Neurologist

Remotehourly
NeurologyAbpn Board Certification+12 more

$200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Tax Attorney

Remotecontract
Tax LawLegal Research And Analysis+8 more

$100–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Investment and Finance Expert for AI Model Evaluation

Remotecontract
Financial ModelingValuation+5 more

$245–280/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Photoshop Generalist (Windows, Remote, Hourly)

Remotehourly
PhotoshopWindows+12 more

$30–40/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Law Student

Remotecontract
Legal ResearchLegal Writing+8 more

$50–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Geriatrician

Remotehourly
Geriatric MedicineClinical Chart Review+13 more

$150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Unreal Engine Generalist (Windows, Remote)

Remotehourly
Unreal EngineWindows+16 more

$30–40/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

US Macroeconomist

Remotecontract
Macroeconomic AnalysisEconomic Data Interpretation+8 more

$50–100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Orthopedic Surgeon

Remotehourly
Orthopedic SurgeryAbos Board Certification+10 more

$350/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

3D Artists & Video Editors (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
BlenderCinema 4d+12 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Communication Professionals - Remote Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
LLM Response EvaluationIndustry Specific Prompt Development+8 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Audio Recording Contributor - German Accent

Remote
Australian EnglishVoice Recording+7 more

$50/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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