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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 497 of 1,239 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

497 listings in 457 role families

Showing 271–300 of 457 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

3D Modeler

RemotePart-Time
Blender3d Modeling+17 more

$125/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Cinematographer

Remotefull-time
CinematographyCamera Operation+20 more

$70–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Financial Managers

Remotehourly
Financial ManagementBudgeting+13 more

$70–110/hr

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Meridial

MeridialVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Task Auditor

Remote
Gpu KernelsAWS Trainium+9 more

$60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Neurologist

Remotehourly
NeurologyAbpn Board Certification+12 more

$200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Investment and Finance Expert for AI Model Evaluation

Remotecontract
Financial ModelingValuation+5 more

$245–280/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

3D Artists & Video Editors (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
BlenderCinema 4d+12 more

$50–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

US Contract Attorney — Transactional

Remotehourly
Transactional LawContract Drafting+13 more

$100–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source GitHub Maintainer – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
GitHubC+++6 more

$120–200/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

STEM Researchers - MSc/PhD (Must own MacBook)

Remotehourly
PythonJupyter+12 more

$50–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Military Legal Advisor

Remotecontract
LoacInternational Law Application+2 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Remote Litigation Attorney

Remotecontract
Litigation StrategyLegal Writing+3 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Litigator / Practicing Attorney (US Remote)

Remotecontract
Legal ReasoningLitigation & Practice Expertise+4 more

$100–160/hr

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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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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Career and Technical Education Professor

RemotePart-Time
AI Model EvaluationContent Assessment+12 more

Up to $75/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Art Professional – Visual Curation & Evaluation

Remotecontract
Visual CurationArtistic Judgment+8 more

$35–105/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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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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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99299
  • $100–$149160
  • $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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