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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 200 of 1,239 roles, 99% remote.

Filtered roles

200 listings in 188 role families

Showing 121–150 of 188 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Corporate Attorney (BigLaw Firms)

Remotecontract
Mergers & AcquisitionsCorporate Law+4 more

$140–400/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Immigration Attorney

Remotecontract
Immigration Law ExpertiseLegal Writing+9 more

$140–400/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Special Forces Operator

Remotecontract
Tactical Operations ExpertiseMission Planning+8 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Civil Rights Attorney (BigLaw Firms)

Remotecontract
Civil Rights LawLegal Research And Analysis+8 more

$140–400/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Physicians

RemotePart-Time
Critical CareEmergency Medicine+19 more

$180/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Research Scientist - Formal Methods

Remote
Formal MethodsLean+15 more

$135/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Lawyer

Remotecontract
Legal ReasoningIssue Spotting+8 more

$100–170/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Otolaryngologist (ENT)

Remotehourly
OtolaryngologyHead And Neck Surgery+15 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Bioinformatics Expert

Remote
Machine LearningBioinformatics+20 more

$175/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Python ML Quality Lead for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+33 more

Up to $120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Software/ML Engineer - LLM Inference

Remote
CudaGpu Inference Optimization+13 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Environmental Scientist & Engineer Expert

Remote
Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Engineering+20 more

$100/hr

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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

Undergraduate AI Evaluation Researcher

Remote
Data AnnotationData Labeling+13 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Network Engineer Expert

Remote
BgpOspf+18 more

$100/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

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

Astronomer Space Scientist for AI Data Evaluation Contract

Remotecontract
AstronomyAstrophysics+24 more

Up to $100/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 2mo ago

Member of Technical Staff, Frontier AI

Remotefull-time
Research Signal JudgmentML Oriented Data Design+2 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 2mo ago

Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise AI

Remotefull-time
Research Signal JudgmentML Oriented Data Design+2 more

$100–130/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Attorney AI Training Specialist for Legal Content Review

Remotecontract
Bar AdmissionJd Llb+36 more

Up to $120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Science Team Lead for AI Training QA Remote

Remotecontract
Data ScienceStatistics+31 more

Up to $110/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert (Remote) - AI Model Evaluation

Remotepart-time
LitigationLegal Research+14 more

$100–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Business Operations Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Business OperationsSales Operations+16 more

$90–120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Project Manager Expert

Remote
Project ManagementRisk Management+14 more

$103/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert - AI Evaluation and Review

Remotepart-time
Legal PracticeLitigation+17 more

$60–150/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$149162
  • $150+38

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

Top skills

  • python
  • ai evaluation
  • technical writing
  • llm evaluation
  • critical thinking
  • attention to detail
  • legal writing
  • written communication
  • financial modeling
  • data annotation
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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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