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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 136 of 1,239 roles, 96% remote.

Filtered roles

136 listings in 134 role families

Showing 61–90 of 134 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

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

Subsurface Reservoir Engineer - Remote Fellowship

RemotePart-Time
PetrelAries+15 more

$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 26d ago

Civil Engineer AI Evaluator - Canada Remote

RemotePart-Time
Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering+10 more

$72/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

Solar Design Engineer - Remote Part-Time

RemotePart-Time
Solar DesignEnergy Project Estimation+10 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Civil Engineering Expert - Remote Part-Time Contract

RemotePart-Time
Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering+9 more

$90/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 27d ago

Electrical Engineering Expert

RemotePart-Time
Electrical EngineeringComputer Engineering+22 more

$120/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Pre-construction Manager - Energy AI

RemotePart-Time
Bluebeam RevuRsmeans+12 more

Up to $85/hr

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Handshake AI

Handshake AIVerified

Posted 28d ago

Energy Project Engineer - Remote Part-Time

RemotePart-Time
Energy Project EstimationPre Construction+10 more

Up to $85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 30d ago

App Security Expert

Remotecontract
OsweLLM Security+3 more

$40–80/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 30d ago

Electrical Engineer

Remotefull-time
Electrical EngineeringCircuit Design+28 more

$80–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 30d ago

Sales and Marketing Expert

Remotehourly
Enterprise SalesMeddic+18 more

$60–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
PythonMechanical Engineering

$60–120/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Computational Engineering Researcher (Task Author)

Remote
PythonFinite Element Method+10 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Agriculture, Forestry & Environmental Experts

Remotecontract
Agricultural EngineeringEnvironmental Conservation

$40–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Engineering & Software Domain Expert

Bay Area, CAfull-time
Distributed SystemsBackend Infrastructure+13 more

$65–105/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Test Automation Engineer

Remotehourly
PythonMatlab+23 more

$70–85/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Simulation Expert - Real-to-Sim 3D Environments

Remotecontract
Isaac SimGazebo+13 more

$60–100/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Engineering Expert - Remote Part-Time

Remotepart-time
Electrical EngineeringCircuit Design+15 more

$70–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Design+16 more

$70–125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Technical Problem Author Multi Domain Remote Engineer

Remotecontract
AutocadAerodynamics+1 more

$60–110/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Radio Frequency and Electromagnetic Engineering Expert

Remotehourly
Rf EngineeringElectromagnetics+18 more

$80–95/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Engineering Expert - Remote AI Evaluation

Remotepart-time
Engineering DesignEngineering Analysis+22 more

$60–125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Associate Forward Deployed Engineer – Remote

Remotefull-time
PythonSQL+1 more

$40–60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer Expert (Remote) Part-Time

Remotepart-time
ReactTypeScript+21 more

$70–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

CAD Design Expert Instructor – Remote

Remotecontract
Cad Tools MasteryParametric Modeling Mastery+2 more

$40–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Remotecontract
Design Intent & Assembly ReasoningParametric Modeling Depth+3 more

$40–90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Special Education IEP Teacher

Remote
Special EducationIep Development+15 more

$55/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$9993
  • $100–$14935
  • $150+8

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

Top skills

  • technical writing
  • python
  • ai evaluation
  • matlab
  • mechanical engineering
  • civil engineering
  • cad
  • electrical engineering
  • solidworks
  • catia
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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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