MercorVerified
Posted 5d ago
Embedded Systems / Kernel Engineer
Remotepart-time
CC+++15 more
$100–150/hr
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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 31–60 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
MercorVerified
Posted 5d ago
Mechanical / CAD Engineer
Remotepart-time
SolidworksCatia+12 more
$60–100/hr
View job
micro1Verified
Posted 5d ago
Operational Law Attorney (JAG) SME
Remotecontract
Operational Loac JudgmentProportionality & Distinction Analysis+3 more
$95–170/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 5d ago
Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology
Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+20 more
$45–90/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 5d ago
Scientific / ML Engineer
Remotepart-time
Machine LearningDeep Learning+16 more
$90–140/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 6d ago
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)
Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+23 more
$45–90/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 6d ago
Clinical / Health Domain Expert
Remotepart-time
Clinical MedicineNursing+15 more
$90–150/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 6d ago
DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer
Remotepart-time
KubernetesDocker+17 more
$80–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 6d ago
Open Source Contributor
Remotecontract
Python3Java+4 more
$60–120/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 6d ago
Responsible AI / Security Specialist
Remotepart-time
CybersecurityRed Teaming+17 more
$90–140/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 6d ago
Finance Domain Expert
Remotepart-time
Financial ModelingValuation+12 more
$80–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 6d ago
Bioinformatics Scientist
Remotecontract
Medicinal ChemistryBioinformatics+1 more
$45–90/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 7d ago
MBSE Engineer - SysML v2
Remotecontract
Sysml V2Systems Engineering+13 more
$55–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 7d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Cortex Lab (applied AI research)
Remotefull-time
AI Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & Research Engineering+2 more
$100–130/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 8d ago
Intelligence Operations & Collection Expert
Remotecontract
Intelligence OperationsIntelligence Collection+8 more
$80–170/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 8d ago
Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)
Remotefull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML Engineering+2 more
$100–130/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 9d ago
ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)
Remotecontract
Machine Learning
$60–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 9d ago
STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)
Remotecontract
Biology
$60–120/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 9d ago
3D Generalist: Modeling, Rigging & Animation (AI Evaluation)
Remotefull-time
BlenderPython+27 more
$70–120/hr
View job
BraintrustVerified
Posted 9d ago
Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems) - US Only
Remotecontract
ScalaKubernetes+22 more
$80–84/hr
View job
TuringVerified
Posted 9d ago
Equity Research Analyst
Remotecontract
Equity ResearchFinancial Modeling+14 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 9d ago
Imagery Analyst —Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Data
Remotecontract
Data LabelingData Annotation+2 more
$35–80/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 9d ago
Financial Trading Specialist
Remotecontract
TradingMarket Analysis+16 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 9d ago
Mathematics Expert (MSc./PhD)
Remotecontract
MathematicsPython+3 more
$60–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 9d ago
Strategic Project Lead, AI Coding & Evaluations
Remotefull-time
Technical Project & Pipeline ManagementSoftware Engineering & Technical Fluency+2 more
$80–90/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 10d ago
Portfolio Management Expert
Remotecontract
Portfolio ManagementAsset Allocation+10 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 10d ago
Federal Management & Program Analyst
Remotecontract
Federal Program ManagementPolicy Analysis+13 more
$60–80/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 10d ago
Accounting Expert
Remotecontract
AccountingUs Gaap+12 more
$100/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 10d ago
Financial Consulting Expert
Remotecontract
Financial ConsultingValuation+12 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 10d ago
National Security Technology Expert
Remotecontract
National Security SystemsDefense Technology Assessment+3 more
$70–120/hr
View jobShowing 31–60 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
Embedded Systems / Kernel Engineer
MercorVerifiedRemote5d agopart-time
CC++Linux KernelDevice Drivers+13
$100–150/hrView job
Mechanical / CAD Engineer
MercorVerifiedRemote5d agopart-time
SolidworksCatiaSiemens NxCreo+10
$60–100/hrView job
Operational Law Attorney (JAG) SME
micro1VerifiedRemote5d agocontract
Operational Loac JudgmentProportionality & Distinction AnalysisLegal Uncertainty ReasoningCivilian Protection Reasoning+1
$95–170/hrView job
Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology
micro1VerifiedRemote5d agocontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular SimulationsPythonGaussian+18
$45–90/hrView job
Scientific / ML Engineer
MercorVerifiedRemote5d agopart-time
Machine LearningDeep LearningScientific ComputingPyTorch+14
$90–140/hrView job
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)
micro1VerifiedRemote6d agocontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular SimulationsPythonGaussian+21
$45–90/hrView job
Clinical / Health Domain Expert
MercorVerifiedRemote6d agopart-time
Clinical MedicineNursingPharmacyAllied Health+13
$90–150/hrView job
DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer
MercorVerifiedRemote6d agopart-time
KubernetesDockerTerraformPulumi+15
$80–120/hrView job
Open Source Contributor
micro1VerifiedRemote6d agocontract
Python3JavaRustBasics C+++2
$60–120/hrView job
Responsible AI / Security Specialist
MercorVerifiedRemote6d agopart-time
CybersecurityRed TeamingPenetration TestingApplication Security+15
$90–140/hrView job
Finance Domain Expert
MercorVerifiedRemote6d agopart-time
Financial ModelingValuationDcfLbo+10
$80–120/hrView job
Bioinformatics Scientist
micro1VerifiedRemote6d agocontract
Medicinal ChemistryBioinformaticsWetlab+0
$45–90/hrView job
MBSE Engineer - SysML v2
micro1VerifiedRemote7d agocontract
Sysml V2Systems EngineeringRequirements EngineeringSystem Architecture+11
$55–120/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Cortex Lab (applied AI research)
micro1VerifiedRemote7d agofull-time
AI Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & Research EngineeringAgent Failure Analysis & ExperimentationLLM & Agentic Systems+0
$100–130/hrView job
Intelligence Operations & Collection Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote8d agocontract
Intelligence OperationsIntelligence CollectionHumintSigint+6
$80–170/hrView job
Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)
micro1VerifiedRemote8d agofull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML EngineeringReinforcement Learning & Agentic SystemsModel Failure Analysis & Research Methodology+0
$100–130/hrView job
ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)
micro1VerifiedRemote9d agocontract
Machine Learning+0
$60–120/hrView job
STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)
micro1VerifiedRemote9d agocontract
Biology+0
$60–120/hrView job
3D Generalist: Modeling, Rigging & Animation (AI Evaluation)
MercorVerifiedRemote9d agofull-time
BlenderPythonBpyMaya+25
$70–120/hrView job
Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems) - US Only
BraintrustVerifiedRemote9d agocontract
ScalaKubernetesGrpcGCP+20
$80–84/hrView job
Equity Research Analyst
TuringVerifiedRemote9d agocontract
Equity ResearchFinancial ModelingValuationDcf Modeling+12
$100/hrView job
Imagery Analyst —Imagery Analyst - AI/ML Training Data
micro1VerifiedRemote9d agocontract
Data LabelingData AnnotationLabeling AccuracyAttention To Detail+0
$35–80/hrView job
Financial Trading Specialist
TuringVerifiedRemote9d agocontract
TradingMarket AnalysisTrade ExecutionRisk Management+14
$100/hrView job
Mathematics Expert (MSc./PhD)
micro1VerifiedRemote9d agocontract
MathematicsPythonProgramming LanguagesResearch+1
$60–120/hrView job
Strategic Project Lead, AI Coding & Evaluations
micro1VerifiedRemote9d agofull-time
Technical Project & Pipeline ManagementSoftware Engineering & Technical FluencyWorkflow Automation & Operational ExcellenceStakeholder Management & Quality Assurance+0
$80–90/hrView job
Portfolio Management Expert
TuringVerifiedRemote10d agocontract
Portfolio ManagementAsset AllocationRisk ManagementPerformance Attribution+8
$100/hrView job
Federal Management & Program Analyst
micro1VerifiedRemote10d agocontract
Federal Program ManagementPolicy AnalysisDecision Memo WritingProgram Evaluation+11
$60–80/hrView job
Accounting Expert
TuringVerifiedRemote10d agocontract
AccountingUs GaapIfrsFinancial Reporting+10
$100/hrView job
Financial Consulting Expert
TuringVerifiedRemote10d agocontract
Financial ConsultingValuationDue DiligenceFinancial Restructuring+10
$100/hrView job
National Security Technology Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote10d agocontract
National Security SystemsDefense Technology AssessmentTechnical Program ManagementAnalytical Reasoning+1
$70–120/hrView job
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
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.