micro1Verified
Posted 10d ago
Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)
Remotecontract
RtlHardware
$60–120/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 61–90 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
MercorVerified
Posted 10d ago
Editorial, Deck & Document Designer (AI Evaluation)
Remotefull-time
PowerPointIndesign+22 more
$70–120/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 10d ago
Military Training and Readiness Advisor
Remotecontract
Military Training AssessmentOperational Readiness Evaluation+3 more
$90–170/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 10d ago
NSA / Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Expert
Remotecontract
Signals Intelligence (sigint) AnalysisIntelligence Scenario Development+12 more
$70–140/hr
View job
Handshake AIVerified
Posted 10d ago
Software Engineer
RemotePart-Time
Software EngineeringSoftware Architecture+9 more
$150/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 10d ago
Senior Motion Designer & Creative Technologist (AI Evaluation)
Remotefull-time
After EffectsCinema 4d+22 more
$70–120/hr
View job
AfterQueryVerified
Posted 10d ago
Explosives & Energetic Materials Engineer (AI Safety)
Remote
Explosives EngineeringEnergetic Materials+13 more
$150/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 11d ago
Senior Software Engineer – Remote Contract
Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more
$30–100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 11d ago
Chief Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer
Remotecontract
Multidisciplinary Project LeadershipMechanical Design & Engineering Analysis+2 more
$200–300/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 11d ago
Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation
Remotehourly
Survey ResearchMarket Research+23 more
$120/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 11d ago
Bilingual Chinese Generalist Expert — AI Safety
Remotepart-time
ChineseEnglish+10 more
$48–52/hr
View job
BraintrustVerified
Posted 11d ago
Senior AI Consultant
Remotecontract
Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AI+21 more
$100–150/hr
View job
TuringVerified
Posted 11d ago
Venture Capital Analyst
Remotecontract
Venture CapitalStartup Valuation+11 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 12d ago
Principal / Lead Systems Engineer
Remotecontract
Project ManagementCross Disciplinary Technical Leadership+2 more
$150–300/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 12d ago
Investment Banking Analyst
Remotecontract
Investment BankingM&a+20 more
$100/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 12d ago
Private Equity Associate
Remotecontract
Private EquityLbo Modeling+17 more
$100/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 12d ago
Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor – Software Engineer
Remotefull-time
Open Source MaintenanceCode Review+8 more
$150/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 12d ago
Software Engineer – AI Training
Remotecontract
Python3Java+8 more
$30–100/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 12d ago
Quantitative Analyst (Finance)
Remotecontract
Quantitative FinanceStochastic Modeling+15 more
$100/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 12d ago
Growth Equity Analyst
Remotecontract
Growth EquityValuation+13 more
$100/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 13d ago
OpenSCAD Developer
Remotecontract
OpenscadAutocad+2 more
$65–123/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 13d ago
Software Engineer
Remotecontract
PythonJavaScript+12 more
$200/hr
View jobTuringVerified
Posted 13d ago
Capital Markets Expert
Remotecontract
Capital MarketsEquity Capital Markets+20 more
$100/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 13d ago
Market Research & Insights Experts
Remotehourly
Market ResearchConsumer Insights+13 more
$120/hr
View jobBraintrustVerified
Posted 13d ago
Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems)
New York, NY, USAcontract
ScalaKubernetes+21 more
$80–84/hr
View jobMercorVerified
Posted 15d ago
Mathematics Domain Expert
Remotehourly
MathematicsReal Analysis+15 more
$90–140/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 15d ago
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government
Remotefull-time
Agentic AI & LLM Systems EngineeringPython & Production Software Engineering+2 more
$40–60/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 15d ago
Civilian Intelligence Agency Expert – U.S. & Allied Government
Remotecontract
Intelligence AnalysisProgram Management+8 more
$80–170/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 16d ago
Defense Analyst
Remotecontract
Military Operations AnalysisDefense Research+3 more
$90–170/hr
View jobmicro1Verified
Posted 16d ago
Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Expert
Remotecontract
Technical Depth In A SubdomainEngineering Judgment Under Constraints+4 more
$85–185/hr
View jobShowing 61–90 of 469 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.
Hardware Expert (MSc. or PhD)
micro1VerifiedRemote10d agocontract
RtlHardware+0
$60–120/hrView job
Editorial, Deck & Document Designer (AI Evaluation)
MercorVerifiedRemote10d agofull-time
PowerPointIndesignIllustratorFigma+20
$70–120/hrView job
Military Training and Readiness Advisor
micro1VerifiedRemote10d agocontract
Military Training AssessmentOperational Readiness EvaluationDoctrine DevelopmentAnalytical Thinking+1
$90–170/hrView job
NSA / Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote10d agocontract
Signals Intelligence (sigint) AnalysisIntelligence Scenario DevelopmentAnalytical ReasoningIntelligence Assessment Evaluation+10
$70–140/hrView job
Software Engineer
Handshake AIVerifiedRemote10d agoPart-Time
Software EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureDistributed SystemsBackend Systems+7
$150/hrView job
Senior Motion Designer & Creative Technologist (AI Evaluation)
MercorVerifiedRemote10d agofull-time
After EffectsCinema 4dBlenderRemotion+20
$70–120/hrView job
Explosives & Energetic Materials Engineer (AI Safety)
AfterQueryVerifiedRemote10d ago
Explosives EngineeringEnergetic MaterialsOrdnanceBlasting+11
$150/hrView job
Senior Software Engineer – Remote Contract
micro1VerifiedRemote11d agocontract
Python3JavaRustAlgorithms+6
$30–100/hrView job
Chief Engineer / Senior Mechanical Engineer
micro1VerifiedRemote11d agocontract
Multidisciplinary Project LeadershipMechanical Design & Engineering AnalysisTechnical ReviewTesting & Root Cause Analysis+0
$200–300/hrView job
Remote Survey Research Expert for AI Evaluation
MercorVerifiedRemote11d agohourly
Survey ResearchMarket ResearchConsumer InsightsBehavioural Science+21
$120/hrView job
Bilingual Chinese Generalist Expert — AI Safety
MercorVerifiedRemote11d agopart-time
ChineseEnglishAI SafetyPrompt Writing+8
$48–52/hrView job
Senior AI Consultant
BraintrustVerifiedRemote11d agocontract
Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AILarge Language ModelsLLM+19
$100–150/hrView job
Venture Capital Analyst
TuringVerifiedRemote11d agocontract
Venture CapitalStartup ValuationTerm Sheet AnalysisCap Table Modeling+9
$100/hrView job
Principal / Lead Systems Engineer
micro1VerifiedRemote12d agocontract
Project ManagementCross Disciplinary Technical LeadershipSystem IntegrationVerification & Validation+0
$150–300/hrView job
Investment Banking Analyst
TuringVerifiedRemote12d agocontract
Investment BankingM&aFinancial ModelingValuation+18
$100/hrView job
Private Equity Associate
TuringVerifiedRemote12d agocontract
Private EquityLbo ModelingDue DiligenceDeal Sourcing+15
$100/hrView job
Open Source Maintainer / Core Contributor – Software Engineer
MercorVerifiedRemote12d agofull-time
Open Source MaintenanceCode ReviewGitGitHub+6
$150/hrView job
Software Engineer – AI Training
micro1VerifiedRemote12d agocontract
Python3JavaRustAlgorithms+6
$30–100/hrView job
Quantitative Analyst (Finance)
TuringVerifiedRemote12d agocontract
Quantitative FinanceStochastic ModelingDerivatives PricingStatistical Arbitrage+13
$100/hrView job
Growth Equity Analyst
TuringVerifiedRemote12d agocontract
Growth EquityValuationUnit EconomicsFinancial Modeling+11
$100/hrView job
OpenSCAD Developer
micro1VerifiedRemote13d agocontract
OpenscadAutocad2d Objects3d Objects+0
$65–123/hrView job
Software Engineer
TuringVerifiedRemote13d agocontract
PythonJavaScriptReactC+++10
$200/hrView job
Capital Markets Expert
TuringVerifiedRemote13d agocontract
Capital MarketsEquity Capital MarketsDebt Capital MarketsStructured Products+18
$100/hrView job
Market Research & Insights Experts
MercorVerifiedRemote13d agohourly
Market ResearchConsumer InsightsMarketing StrategySegmentation+11
$120/hrView job
Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems)
BraintrustVerifiedNew York, NY, USA13d agocontract
ScalaKubernetesGrpcML Inference+19
$80–84/hrView job
Mathematics Domain Expert
MercorVerifiedRemote15d agohourly
MathematicsReal AnalysisPartial Differential EquationsAlgebra+13
$90–140/hrView job
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, U.S. Government
micro1VerifiedRemote15d agofull-time
Agentic AI & LLM Systems EngineeringPython & Production Software EngineeringML Infrastructure & Model EvaluationTechnical Leadership & Forward Deployment+0
$40–60/hrView job
Civilian Intelligence Agency Expert – U.S. & Allied Government
micro1VerifiedRemote15d agocontract
Intelligence AnalysisProgram ManagementOrganizational Decision MakingCybersecurity+6
$80–170/hrView job
Defense Analyst
micro1VerifiedRemote16d agocontract
Military Operations AnalysisDefense ResearchConflict AnalysisWriting And Communication+1
$90–170/hrView job
Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Expert
micro1VerifiedRemote16d agocontract
Technical Depth In A SubdomainEngineering Judgment Under ConstraintsKnowing When An Answer Is WrongManufacturing And Industrial Engineering+2
$85–185/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.