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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 151–180 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Engineering Expert - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Hardware EngineeringLarge Language Models+13 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Hardware Engineering Expert - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Hardware EngineeringIndustrial Engineering+10 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Video Editors - Remote AI Research Project

RemotePart-Time
OpenshotShotcut+8 more

$125/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 25d ago

AI Engineer - Full stack (Conversational Systems) LATAM, Europe, North America

Remotecontract
Node.jsExpress+24 more

$70–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 25d ago

Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance Attorney

Remotecontract
Product Safety LawRegulatory Compliance+14 more

$140–400/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Plant Performance Engineer

RemotePart-Time
Aveva PiWincc+14 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Technical AI Evaluation Contributor (Remote US)

RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSystem Design+13 more

$105/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Financial Services AI Prompt Evaluator

RemotePart-Time
Financial ServicesCredit Authorizing+7 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 25d ago

Category Management Specialist

RemotePart-Time
MerchandisingCategory Management+19 more

$80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Production Engineer - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Reservoir EngineeringSubsurface Analysis+10 more

Up to $85/hr

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Turing

TuringVerified

Posted 26d ago

Finance Expert (US based)

Remotefreelance
FinanceCapital Markets+20 more

$100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert - Remote Canada

RemotePart-Time
Mechanical EngineeringParametric Solid Modeling+21 more

$96/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Computer Science Expert - Remote AI Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Computer ScienceLarge Language Models+12 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

ParaView Specialist - Remote AI Research

RemotePart-Time
ParaviewScientific Visualization+11 more

Up to $125/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Mathematics Expert - AI Evaluation Project

RemotePart-Time
LeanCoq+17 more

$75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Reliability Engineer - Remote Energy AI Project

RemotePart-Time
Aveva PiWincc+14 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Power Systems Engineer - AI Research (Canada)

RemotePart-Time
Power Systems EngineeringElectrical Engineering+28 more

$96/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Environmental Science Expert - Remote Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
Environmental ScienceConservation Science+10 more

Up to $100/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Materials Modeling Engineer

RemotePart-Time
Materials ScienceComputational Modeling+10 more

Up to $80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 26d ago

Energy Professional - Remote AI Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Reservoir SimulationAfe Preparation+24 more

Up to $80/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Drilling/Production Engineer - Energy AI

RemotePart-Time
Drilling EngineeringProduction Engineering+17 more

Up to $85/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Software Developers (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
PythonJavaScript+18 more

$50–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Industrial & Manufacturing Engineers (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
Industrial EngineeringManufacturing Engineering+12 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Music Professional - AI Music Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Music PerformanceComposition+14 more

Up to $100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 27d ago

Data Analysts & Spreadsheet Specialists (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
ExcelGoogle Sheets+13 more

$50–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Software Engineer - AI Evaluation

RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSystem Design+12 more

$120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 27d ago

Senior Field Service Technician

Remotecontract
Electrical Schematic ReadingHydraulic & Pneumatic Diagrams+3 more

$60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 27d ago

Senior Machinist & Field Ops Lead

Remotecontract
Machining Drawing & Gd&t ReadingCnc Setup & Programming+3 more

$40–60/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

STEM PhD AI Fellowship (Remote, Europe, UK)

RemotePart-Time
MathematicsChemistry+10 more

Up to $75/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Math Expert AI Evaluation Fellowship Remote

RemotePart-Time
MathematicsProof Writing+14 more

Up to $75/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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