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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 512 of 1,239 roles, 97% remote.

Filtered roles

512 listings in 469 role families

Showing 301–330 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Otolaryngologist (ENT)

Remotehourly
OtolaryngologyHead And Neck Surgery+15 more

$150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Manufacturing Specialist with CAM CNC Fusion 360 Expertise

Remotecontract
CamCnc+2 more

$60–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Strategic Project Lead – Remote Full-Time

Remotefull-time
Leadership & Team ManagementData Operations+1 more

$80–90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Data Science Expert

Remote
Machine LearningData Science+12 more

$80/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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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Customer Service Representative Expert

Remote
Customer ServiceCustomer Support+16 more

$55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python ML Quality Lead for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+33 more

Up to $120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Quality Assurance Lead for remote contract

Remotecontract
AIQa+28 more

Up to $75/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

PowerPoint Specialist

Remote
PowerPointPowerPoint+15 more

$50/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mathematics Expert - Remote AI Training (Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
MathematicsProof Verification+10 more

$40–75/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Generalist AI Evaluation Expert

Remotepart-time
AI TrainingModel Evaluation+10 more

$40–70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert

Remote
Mechanical EngineeringThermodynamics+12 more

$95/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

React and Next.js Engineer for AI Frontend Review

Remotecontract
ReactNext.js+32 more

Up to $90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

PHP Backend Engineer for AI Content Review Remote

Remotecontract
PHPPhpunit+38 more

Up to $60/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Arts and Design AI Evaluation Expert

Remotepart-time
Graphic DesignUX Design+22 more

$60–80/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

SQL Analytics Engineer Expert

Remote
SQLDbt+13 more

$80/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

Network Engineer Expert

Remote
BgpOspf+18 more

$100/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Python Quality Lead for AI Training Projects Remote

Remotecontract
AI TrainingAutomation+28 more

Up to $70/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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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Behavioral Economist Expert

Remote
Behavioral EconomicsExperimental Design+15 more

$80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Education & Training Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
EducationCurriculum Design+15 more

$30–85/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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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99312
  • $100–$149162
  • $150+38

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

Top skills

  • Python
  • technical writing
  • ai evaluation
  • llm evaluation
  • data annotation
  • AI training
  • model evaluation
  • code review
  • english
  • Typescript
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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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