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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 181–210 of 783 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Army Combat Operations Expert

Remotecontract
Army TacticsTactical Operations+8 more

$90–170/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 22d ago

Anesthesiologist

Remotehourly
AnesthesiologyAba Anesthesiology+13 more

$350/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 22d ago

Dermatologist

Remotehourly
DermatologyPatient Chart Review+11 more

$275/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 22d ago

Critical Care Physician

Remotehourly
Critical Care MedicineBoard Certification+8 more

$200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Procurement & Vendor Management Expert

Remotecontract
Turning Real Procurement Work Into A Defined TaskObjective Grading Criteria+2 more

$45–90/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Quantitative Analyst (Remote, Part-Time)

RemotePart-Time
Quantitative AnalysisQuant Research+8 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Humanitarian Aid Representative

Remotecontract
Civilian Protection JudgmentIhl Grounding+1 more

$80–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Machine Learning Researcher (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
Machine Learning

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Applied Scientists — Machine Learning (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
Machine Learning

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Military Operations Expert

Remotecontract
Military Operations ExpertiseTactical Decision Making+9 more

$90–170/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Well Cost Analyst - Remote AI Data Project

RemotePart-Time
WellviewSap+13 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Renewable Energy Markets Analyst

RemotePart-Time
Renewable EnergyEnvironmental Markets+14 more

$80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Transportation and Warehousing Expert

Remotecontract
LogisticsSupply Chain

$30–70/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

AEC BIM Expert - Remote AI Research Program

RemotePart-Time
BimVectorworks+8 more

$125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Political Science Expert

RemotePart-Time
Political ScienceAmerican Politics+21 more

$75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Upstream Land Administrator - Remote Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Land AdministrationMineral Title+15 more

Up to $80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 22d ago

Energy Billing Analyst - AI Training Project

RemotePart-Time
Utility MeteringCustomer Operations+11 more

Up to $85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Legal & Compliance Expert

Remotecontract
Turning Real Legal Work Into A Defined TaskContract And Document Review+3 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 22d ago

Finance & Accounting Expert

Remotecontract
Turning Real Finance Work Into A Defined TaskObjective Grading Criteria+4 more

$40–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 23d ago

Junior Lawyer

Remotecontract
Legal Document ReviewBluebook Citation+8 more

$50–80/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 23d ago

Python/GenAI Engineer

Jersey City, NJ, USA; New York, NY, USAcontract
PythonLangchain+28 more

$70/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 23d ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert

RemotePart-Time
Mechanical EngineeringParametric Solid Modeling+27 more

$120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 23d ago

Intelligence Analyst

Remotecontract
Analytic RigorSource Handling+2 more

$80–170/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 23d ago

Revenue, Demand and Supply Planning Expert

RemotePart-Time
Demand ForecastingIn Season Reforecasting+13 more

$80/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 23d ago

Senior Software Engineer - Python / TypeScript

Remotecontract
PythonTypeScript+8 more

$100/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 23d ago

Staff Research Engineer - Frontier AI and Reinforcement Learning - US and Canada

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+12 more

$57/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 23d ago

Retail Operations Manager - Remote AI Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Retail Operations ManagementStore Performance Reporting+11 more

$80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 23d ago

Power Plant Emissions & Performance Analyst

RemotePart-Time
Thermal Power Plant PerformanceHeat Rate Efficiency Analysis+12 more

$80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 23d ago

Chemistry Specialist, Synthetic & Analytical Chemistry

Remotepart-time
ChemistrySynthetic Chemistry+23 more

$70–100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 23d ago

Customer Ops Analyst - Remote Energy AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Utility MeteringCustomer Operations+13 more

Up to $85/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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