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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 435 of 1,239 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

435 listings in 417 role families

Showing 181–210 of 417 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Investment Funds Attorney – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Contract RedliningContract Negotiation+5 more

$90–180/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Derivatives Attorney (ISDA Specialist) – Remote

Remotecontract
IsdasDerivatives+3 more

$150–200/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Transactional Attorney for AI Training Project

Remotecontract
Contract DraftingTechnology Transactions+2 more

$90–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Investment Banking – M&A Advisory.

Remotecontract
Financial ModelingExcel+13 more

$175–300/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Principal Research Scientist (Computer Science / Computational Physics)

Remotecontract
Novelty JudgmentResearch Direction+2 more

$100–400/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Personal Financial Advisor

Remotecontract
Personal Financial PlanningInvestment Strategies+3 more

$90–110/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Bilingual Medical Doctor (Japanese)

Remotepart-time
Diagnostic AnalysisMedicine+4 more

$125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Research Scientist - Computer Science & Computational Physics

Remotecontract
Computational RigorComplex Problem Solving Research+1 more

$100–400/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source Applied Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$100–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Physician AI Trainer – Hospital Medicine

Remotecontract
Hospitalist ExperienceInternal Medicine+3 more

$80–125/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

CFD Engineer Contractor (Remote, AI Training)

Remotecontract
Cfd EngineeringAerodynamics+1 more

$50–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Engineer Go Python TS Contractor Remote

Remotecontract
PythonGo+1 more

$100–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Full-Stack Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–250/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Infrastructure / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Remotepart-time
KubernetesAWS+28 more

$200/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

DevOps / Platform Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Materials Science Expert for AI‑Driven Engineering

Remotecontract
Materials Science ExpertiseMaterials Characterization+8 more

$80–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Cybersecurity Research Expert – Offensive Security & Vulnerability Research

Remotehourly
Offensive SecurityVulnerability Research+18 more

$200–250/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Machine Learning Engineer

Remotecontract
PythonMachine Learning+1 more

$80–140/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Frontend Engineer Talent Network

Remotepart-time

$70–150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

AI/ML Engineer, Internal Platforms

Remotefull-time
PythonLlms+3 more

$160–300/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Data Scientist Talent Network

Remotehourly
PythonSQL+4 more

$100–150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Computational Research Task Author

Remote
PythonScientific Computing+18 more

$100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Open Source Contributor – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Python3Java+4 more

$100–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

US Contract Attorney — Litigation

Remotehourly
LitigationCivil Litigation+16 more

$100–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Employment Lawyer

Remotecontract
Employment Law ExpertiseLegal Analysis+7 more

$100–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Bankruptcy Attorney - Remote US

Remotecontract
Bankruptcy Law ExpertiseLegal Document Analysis+3 more

$100–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Inpatient Care Physician (MD/DO)

Remotecontract
Patient Assessment & DiagnosisInpatient Clinical Care+2 more

$100–115/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$990
  • $100–$149318
  • $150+117

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • technical writing
  • attention to detail
  • data annotation
  • llm evaluation
  • legal writing
  • ai model evaluation
  • written communication
  • clinical reasoning
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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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