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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 1,201 of 1,239 roles, 100% remote.

Filtered roles

1,201 listings in 1,133 role families

Showing 511–540 of 1,133 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Swift/IOS Developer Expert

Remote
SwiftSwiftui+15 more

$70/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Program Lead

Remotefull-time
AI Training DataHuman Data+26 more

$45–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Accountant Auditor for Financial Reporting and Audit Roles

Remotecontract
Financial ReportingGaap/ifrs+3 more

$50–70/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

It Manager Contractor Remote IT Strategy and Architecture Lead

Remotecontract
It StrategySystems Architecture+3 more

$60–75/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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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 1mo ago

Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – Brazilian Portuguese

Remotehourly
Audio EditingSpeech Editing+25 more

$50/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Software Developer Focused on Full-Stack Skills for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
PythonJavaScript+6 more

$50–70/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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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

Retail Trade & Operations Expert

Remotecontract
Retail

$40–70/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend C# .NET Developer for Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
C#.NET+1 more

$60–110/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

Aerodynamics Expert for AI in Aerospace Engineering

Remotecontract
AerodynamicsComputational Fluid Dynamics (cfd)+13 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Golang Developer

Remotefull-time
Go

$30–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mobile Application Developer

Remotefull-time
iOS DevelopmentAndroid Development+8 more

$30–130/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

Physician AI Trainer – Hospital Medicine

Remotecontract
Hospitalist ExperienceInternal Medicine+3 more

$80–125/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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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Platform Engineer Remote Cloud Infrastructure Expert

Remotecontract
Cloud Benchmark Task AuthoringCloud And Distributed Systems Architecture+1 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Senior Data Analyst

Remotecontract
Personal Identifiable InformationQuality Assurance+3 more

$50–60/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Big Data Engineer

Remotecontract
Big DataPython+2 more

$30–80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Backend Security Engineer – Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Python3Java+10 more

$30–100/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Mechanical Engineering Professor for Remote Contract Teaching and Assessment

Remotecontract
Mechanical EngineeringSolid And Structural Mechanics+13 more

$60–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Electrical Engineering Professor Focused on AI Assessment Remote

Remotecontract
Electrical EngineeringAnalog Circuits+13 more

$40–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 1mo ago

Human Data Manager Role Focused on Data Operations and AI Input

Remotefull-time
Project ManagementData Operations+2 more

$40–60/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99766
  • $100–$149318
  • $150+117

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

Top skills

  • ai evaluation
  • python
  • technical writing
  • llm evaluation
  • AI training
  • data annotation
  • english
  • ai model evaluation
  • Attention to Detail
  • model evaluation
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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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