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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 931–960 of 1,424 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Blender Specialist for 3D Asset Production

Remotecontract
Blender3d Modeling+21 more

Up to $30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Physical Therapist Expert

Remote
Physical TherapyClinical Reasoning+13 more

$88/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Bioinformatics Expert

Remote
Machine LearningBioinformatics+20 more

$175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Physics General Expert

Remote
PhysicsClassical Mechanics+10 more

$100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Czech QA Lead for AI Training Remote

Remotecontract
CzechEnglish+27 more

Up to $30/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Biology QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
BiologyMolecular Biology+36 more

Up to $75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Full-Stack Engineer - Testing & Evaluation

Remote
DockerJavaScript+16 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Tagalog QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAI Training Data+29 more

Up to $25/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Researcher Remote Contract for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
Case Law AnalysisCitation Checking+27 more

Up to $110/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Customer Service Representative Expert

Remote
Customer ServiceCustomer Support+16 more

$55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Hungarian-English Audio Contributor

Remote
Voice RecordingAudio Recording+7 more

$30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Advanced Coding Expert

Remote
PythonTypeScript+18 more

$85/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

German Language Expert for Localization QA and Translation

Remotecontract
Cat ToolsCopyediting+24 more

Up to $50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python ML Quality Lead for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+33 more

Up to $120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

EMT Expert - Remote Contract AI Evaluation

Remote
EmtNremt Certification+12 more

$53/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Econometrics Expert

Remote
EconometricsCausal Inference+12 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Japanese Quality Assurance Lead for Remote AI Training

Remotecontract
AI TrainingEnglish+20 more

Up to $55/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Materials Science Expert - Remote Part-Time

Remotepart-time
Materials ScienceMaterials Engineering+17 more

$60–120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Lithuanian QA Lead for AI Training Content Review

Remotecontract
LithuanianLithuanian Grammar+32 more

Up to $35/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Java Team Lead for Remote AI Training QA Contract

Remotecontract
JavaSpring Boot+34 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dutch QA Lead for AI Training Projects, Remote Contract

Remotecontract
DutchLinguistics+23 more

Up to $50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Bilingual Chinese Expert

Remote
ChineseEnglish+8 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

PhD Domain Expert - Remote AI Research Contract

Remote
Literature ReviewTechnical Writing+10 more

$150/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead for remote contract

Remotecontract
AIQa+28 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Italian Language Expert for AI Content QA Remote Contract

Remotecontract
ItalianLinguistics+22 more

Up to $37/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Software/ML Engineer - LLM Inference

Remote
CudaGpu Inference Optimization+13 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

PowerPoint Specialist

Remote
PowerPointPowerPoint+15 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Paramedic Expert - Remote Contract (ALS)

Remote
ParamedicAls+17 more

$68/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Generalist Accounting Expert

Remote
CpaUs Gaap+18 more

$115/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mathematics Expert - Remote AI Training (Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
MathematicsProof Verification+10 more

$40–75/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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