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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 991–1020 of 1,424 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Investment Banking & Private Equity Expert

Remote
Financial ModelingDcf+12 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

SQL Analytics Engineer Expert

Remote
SQLDbt+13 more

$80/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Education Expert - Remote Teaching Contract

Remote
Lesson PlanningDifferentiation+11 more

$53/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Greek QA Lead for AI Training Content and Localization

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAnnotation+27 more

Up to $30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Civil Engineering Expert

Remote
Civil EngineeringStructural Analysis+13 more

$95/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Network Engineer Expert

Remote
BgpOspf+18 more

$100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python Quality Lead for AI Training Projects Remote

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAutomation+28 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Voice Contributor - Italian-Accented English

Remote
ItalianEnglish+7 more

$30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Supply Chain Expert

Remote
Supply Chain PlanningDemand Planning+16 more

$75/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Finance Expert - Remote AI Evaluation Part-Time

Remotepart-time
AccountingAuditing+17 more

$60–180/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biotechnology Expert - AI Training

Remotepart-time
BiotechnologyBioprocess+18 more

$110–125/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Slovenian Language Expert for AI Content QA Remote

Remotecontract
SlovenianGrammar+25 more

Up to $25/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Tamil-English Audio Contributor

Remote
TamilEnglish+7 more

$30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Kannada English Audio Contributor

Remote
KannadaEnglish+6 more

$30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Behavioral Economist Expert

Remote
Behavioral EconomicsExperimental Design+15 more

$80/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Occupational Therapist Expert

Remote
Occupational TherapyNbcot Certification+12 more

$88/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Education & Training Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
EducationCurriculum Design+15 more

$30–85/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physics Expert - Remote AI Model Evaluation

Remotepart-time
PhysicsResearch+13 more

$70–100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Fintech and Crypto SME Expert for AI Training

Remotecontract
FintechCrypto+30 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Slovak QA Lead for AI Training Data Projects

Remotecontract
SlovakEnglish+32 more

Up to $25/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Odia AI Training Data QA Lead Remote Contract

Remotecontract
OdiaLinguistics+27 more

Up to $30/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Materials Science and Engineering Expert

Remote
Materials ScienceMaterials Engineering+13 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Spanish Localization Specialist for AI Data Training

Remotecontract
SpanishSpanish Spain+23 more

Up to $35/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Annotation Expert

Remote
Data AnnotationData Labeling+10 more

$42.50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical Interpreter Expert

Remote
Medical InterpretingClinical Terminology+14 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Astronomer Space Scientist for AI Data Evaluation Contract

Remotecontract
AstronomyAstrophysics+24 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Arabic Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
ArabicMsa+24 more

Up to $40/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Compliance and Regulatory Expert for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
Bachelors DegreeCompliance+33 more

Up to $95/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Market Research Expert Remote Contract for AI Data Services

Remotecontract
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+33 more

Up to $65/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Computational Materials Science ML Expert

Remote
Machine LearningComputational Materials Science+22 more

$175/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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