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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 151–180 of 1,461 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 8d ago

Data Analyst, Workforce Insights

Remotecontract
SQLPython+12 more

$40–50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Intelligence Operations & Collection Expert

Remotecontract
Intelligence OperationsIntelligence Collection+8 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Computational Bioscience Expert (Python)

Remotecontract
PythonBiology+3 more

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Generalist for Data Annotation

Remotecontract
Image Data AnnotationAttention To Detail+7 more

$21–45/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

3D Print Farm Operator / Print Lab Supervisor

Remotecontract
Fdm And Resin Printer Fleet Operation And MaintenanceSlicing+3 more

$20–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)

Remotefull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML Engineering+2 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Freight Railcar Carman / Car Foreman (AAR Repair)

Remotecontract
Aar Field Manual And Office Manual (repair Rules And Billing)Fra Part 215 And Repair Documentation+1 more

$20–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Robotics & Embodied AI Research

Remotefull-time
Robot Learning & Embodied AIRobotics Simulation & Sim To Real Transfer+2 more

$20–50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Video Recorder (San Francisco)

Remotecontract
Data CollectionDevice Operation+3 more

$35–40/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 9d ago

Product Manager, Digital Client Experiences

Remotecontract
AgileJira+17 more

$95–115/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Civil Engineering Writer

Remotehourly
Civil EngineeringStructural Analysis+20 more

$80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Human Data Manager

Remotefull-time
Project ManagementData Operations+2 more

$40–55/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Federal Regulatory Policy Analyst

Remotecontract
Federal Rulemaking ProcessRegulatory Analysis+15 more

$50–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
Machine Learning

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

AI Image Specialist (US Based)

Remotecontract
Graphic DesignAI Evaluation+2 more

$21–45/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)

Remotecontract
Biology

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Federal Grants Management Specialist

Remotecontract
Customer ServiceTeamwork+3 more

$60–85/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

3D Generalist: Modeling, Rigging & Animation (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
BlenderPython+27 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Digital Designer

Remotecontract
Image EvaluationComparative Ranking+7 more

$21–45/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Brand & Advertising Art Director (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
IllustratorPhotoshop+23 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Voice Recorder (Hindi + English)

Remotecontract
HindiVoice Recording+1 more

$30–65/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

CATIA Specialist - CAD Engineering

Remotecontract
CatiaCad Engineering+3 more

$63–122/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 9d ago

Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems) - US Only

Remotecontract
ScalaKubernetes+22 more

$80–84/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 9d ago

Equity Research Analyst

Remotecontract
Equity ResearchFinancial Modeling+14 more

$100/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 9d ago

Nutrition & Dietary Habits Annotator

Remotecontract
NutritionDietetics+16 more

$35/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Architectural & Interior Visualization Specialist (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
AutocadRevit+26 more

$70–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Mechanical Engineering Writer

Remotehourly
Mechanical EngineeringSolidworks+22 more

$80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Commercial Video Editor & Post-Production Lead (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
Premiere ProDavinci Resolve+25 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Imagery Analyst —Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Data

Remotecontract
Data LabelingData Annotation+2 more

$35–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

SolidWorks Specialist

Remotecontract
SolidworksParametric Cad Modeling+1 more

$65–123/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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