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AI Jobs Paying $50+/hr or More

1,239 live roles advertised at $50+/hr or more, from 8 sources. Median advertised pay $85/hr.

Live roles

1,239

1,167 role families

Median advertised

$85/hr

1,239 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 830 of 1,239 roles, 98% remote.

Filtered roles

830 listings in 783 role families

Showing 691–720 of 783 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Chemical EngineeringProcess Design+13 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Android Engineer Kotlin and Java Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AndroidKotlin+31 more

Up to $110/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

SQL Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCode Review+21 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dentist Expert - Remote Clinical AI Contract

Remote
DentistryRestorative Dentistry+11 more

$128/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Risk Management Expert for ERM and Compliance Remote

Remotecontract
ErmCoso Erm+28 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring

Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more

$150/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical AI Content Expert for Remote Contract Work

Remotecontract
MedicalAI Training Data Evaluation+26 more

Up to $90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Java Engineer for AI Review and Backend Systems

Remotecontract
JavaSpring Boot+25 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert - AI Legal Reasoning Evaluation

Remote
Legal ReasoningLegal Research+10 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Scientist Expert

Remote
SQLPython+10 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

JavaScript QA Lead for AI Training Projects Remote Contract

Remotecontract
JavaScriptNode.js+26 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Information Security Analyst Expert

Remote
Security OperationsIncident Response+17 more

$113/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chartered Accountant Expert

Remote
IfrsLocal Gaap+10 more

$105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Kotlin Team Lead for Android and JVM QA and Training

Remotecontract
AIKotlin+24 more

Up to $65/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Literature Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
Close ReadingLiterary Analysis+10 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Fraud Investigator Expert

Remote
Fraud InvestigationAml+14 more

$78/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

History Expert - Remote Contract AI Evaluation

Remote
HistoryHistoriography+10 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

High School Teacher Expert

Remote
Rubric DesignAssessment Design+16 more

$55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Angular Engineer for AI Frontend Review

Remotecontract
AngularAngular Cli+33 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Quantitative Analyst Expert

Remote
PythonR+13 more

$175/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Economics QA Lead for Remote AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
EconomicsEconometrics+30 more

Up to $90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Social Media Expert for AI Training Content Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AnalyticsReporting+27 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Finance Expert - Early Career Remote Contract

Remote
Financial ModelingValuation+11 more

$50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Video Editor & Post Production Expert

Remote
Premiere ProDavinci Resolve+13 more

$70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Finance Expert - Remote AI Response Review

Remote
FinanceAccounting+17 more

$175/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Real Estate Agent Expert

Remote
Real Estate TransactionsProperty Valuation+14 more

$75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Clinical Psychologist AI Reviewer

Remote
Clinical PsychologyPsychological Assessment+13 more

$90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

R QA Lead for Remote Data-Analysis Projects Contract

Remotecontract
RRstudio+33 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Norwegian Language Expert for AI Content Review

Remotecontract
CopyeditingCultural Context+29 more

Up to $55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physics QA Lead for Remote Contract Engagement

Remotecontract
PhysicsClassical Mechanics+31 more

Up to $75/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99518
  • $100–$149239
  • $150+73

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • llm evaluation
  • AI training
  • technical writing
  • data annotation
  • english
  • ai model evaluation
  • model evaluation
  • Attention to Detail
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How these numbers are calculated

NearSkill lists 1,239 live roles advertised at $50+/hr or more, grouped into 1,167 role families. Of the 1,239 USD hourly listings, the median advertised rate is $85/hr. The middle 50% sits between $70 and $110/hr, and the full posted range is $50 to $350/hr. These are advertised rates, not earnings.

The largest sources in this set are micro1 (406), Mercor (266), AfterQuery (215), Handshake AI (149). The skills that appear most often are ai evaluation, python, technical writing, llm evaluation, ai training. 97% of this set is remote.

Eligibility is mixed: 491 listings publish country eligibility explicitly, 0 imply it in the description, 407 do not state it. 341 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 $50+/hr or more?

1,239 active listings on November 15, 2026, grouped into 1,167 role families. Near-identical language or region variants are grouped so one employer cannot fill the list.

What is the median advertised pay?

$85/hr from 1,239 USD hourly listings. The middle 50% runs from $70 to $110/hr. It is advertised pay, not earnings, and missing pay is not estimated.

Which platforms have the most roles?

micro1 leads with 406 listings, followed by Mercor (266), AfterQuery (215), Handshake AI (149).

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. 407 listings in this set do not state it, and those are treated as unknown rather than worldwide.

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