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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

Available onmicro1406Mercor266AfterQuery215Handshake AI149SME Careers139Braintrust49
Popular categories:AI Training830Machine Learning & AI512Software Engineering175Quality Assurance & Testing142Sales Engineering & Solutions Consulting136Engineering119
RemoteContractFull-time$50+/hr$100+/hrHighest pay

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Filtered roles

119 listings in 116 role families

Showing 91–116 of 116 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Civil Engineer for AI Content Evaluation Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Civil EngineeringInfrastructure Design+20 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Engineer Remote Contract (Associate)

Remotecontract
Analog Circuit DesignAutomation+24 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer AI Content Evaluation Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Chemical EngineeringAspen Plus+26 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert

Remote
Mechanical EngineeringThermodynamics+12 more

$95/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Industrial Engineering Expert

Remote
Industrial EngineeringSystems Engineering+14 more

$95/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

Materials Science and Engineering Expert

Remote
Materials ScienceMaterials Engineering+13 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Structural Engineer Expert

Remote
Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering+16 more

$153/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Civil Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Civil EngineeringQa+30 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Chemical EngineeringProcess Engineering+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Engineer Expert

Remote
Electrical EngineeringPower Systems+12 more

$113/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCircuit Analysis+20 more

Up to $105/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

CAD Design Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
CadSolidworks+11 more

$88/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Reliability and Quality Engineering Expert

Remote
Design Of ExperimentsStatistical Process Control+13 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Aerospace Engineer Expert

Remote
Aerospace EngineeringAerodynamics+14 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Biomedical EngineeringMedical Devices+14 more

$108/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Professional Engineer Expert

Remote
Pe LicenseDesign Review+14 more

$148/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineer Remote Contract for AI Data Training

Remotecontract
AI Data AnnotationAnsys+21 more

Up to $70/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineer Remote AI Validation for Med Tech

Remotecontract
AIData Annotation+24 more

Up to $100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
Biomedical EngineeringAI Training+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Chemical EngineeringProcess Design+13 more

$115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Hardware Design Engineer

Remote
CadRtl+14 more

$135/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Architect Expert - Remote Design Contract

Remote
ArchitectureBuilding Codes+12 more

$113/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Electrical Design Specialist

Remotehourly
Autocad ElectricalEtap+16 more

$70–85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3mo ago

Cad Mechanical Design Expert for AI Training Remote

Remotecontract
Mechanical DesignCad

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 3mo ago

Semiconductor Devices and Microelectronics Expert

Remotecontract
SemiconductorsEngineering

$66–130/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$9972
  • $100–$14939
  • $150+8

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

Top skills

  • technical writing
  • mechanical engineering
  • matlab
  • python
  • Electrical Engineering
  • cad
  • ai evaluation
  • solidworks
  • civil engineering
  • catia
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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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