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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 1,598 of 1,639 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

1,598 listings in 1,424 role families

Showing 841–870 of 1,424 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Vivado on Windows Application User

Remotehourly
VivadoWindows+9 more

$45–55/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

AutoCAD Mechanical Drafter

Remotehourly
Autocad MechanicalAutocad+15 more

$45–55/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Pediatric Emergency / Care Physician (MD)

Remotehourly
Pediatric Emergency MedicinePediatric Urgent Care+11 more

$150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

General Physician

Remotehourly
MdDo+16 more

$150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Rheumatologist

Remotehourly
RheumatologyAbim Board Certification+12 more

$200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

General Counsel Contract Role Focused on Playbooks and Negotiation

Remotecontract
PlaybookContract Negotiation+2 more

$90–130/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Energy Compliance Attorney

Remotecontract
Pjm Interconnection ComplianceFerc Regulations+3 more

$100–135/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Consumer Reviewer

Remotecontract

$20–30/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

US Contract Attorney — Transactional

Remotehourly
Transactional LawContract Drafting+13 more

$100–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source GitHub Maintainer – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
GitHubC+++6 more

$120–200/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Disease-Area Clinician — Trial Endpoints & Prescribing

Remotepart-time
Clinical Trial DesignPharmacology+8 more

$150–230/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Systems & Integration Engineering Expert

Remotehourly
Systems EngineeringIntegration Testing+28 more

$100–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Experts

Remotehourly
Mechanical EngineeringStructural Analysis+28 more

$100–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

STEM Researchers - MSc/PhD (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
PythonJupyter+12 more

$50–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

US Contract Attorney — Federal Litigation

Remotehourly
Federal LitigationMotion Briefs+9 more

$100–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Psychiatrist

Remotehourly
PsychiatryAbpn Board Certification+10 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Rates trader

Remotecontract
Interest Rate Swaps TradingSwaptions Trading+13 more

$80–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Hospitalist Reviewer - Remote Clinical Documentation

Remotecontract
CdiInpatient Medicine+4 more

$100–115/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Puzzle Solver (Coding)

Remotecontract
PythonC++

$60–120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Earth, Ocean & Climate Science Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonData Assimilation+13 more

$100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

3D Slicer Medical Imaging Evaluator

RemotePart-Time
3d SlicerMedical Imaging+13 more

Up to $125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Media, Publishing & Communications Law Attorney

Remotecontract
Attention To DetailRights And Content Licensing+4 more

$140–400/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Energy Project Estimator - Remote Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Bluebeam RevuRsmeans+11 more

$80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Avid Media Composer Editor

Remotecontract
Avid Media ComposerProfessional Video Editing+2 more

$15–80/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$49397
  • $50–$99766
  • $100–$149318
  • $150+117

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

Top skills

  • english
  • ai evaluation
  • llm evaluation
  • python
  • 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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