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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 1,239 of 1,239 roles, 97% remote.

Filtered roles

1,239 listings in 1,167 role families

Showing 871–900 of 1,167 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Civil Engineering QA Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
Civil EngineeringQa+30 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

iOS Engineer Swift and Objective-C Remote Contract

Remotecontract
iOSSwift+28 more

Up to $110/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Nurse AI Content Reviewer for Remote Training Data

Remotecontract
RnActive Licensure+35 more

Up to $65/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C++ Team Lead for AI Training Quality and QA

Remotecontract
C++Cpp+31 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Rust Engineer for AI Data Training Remote Contract

Remotecontract
RustActix+29 more

Up to $60/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert (Remote) - AI Model Evaluation

Remotepart-time
LitigationLegal Research+14 more

$100–150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Psychology Research Expert

Remote
PsychologyBehavioral Science+13 more

$90/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biology Expert - Remote Life Sciences (Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
BiologyLife Sciences+16 more

$70–105/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

English Teacher Expert

Remote
English Language ArtsWriting Instruction+13 more

$50/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Business Operations Expert (Remote, Part-Time)

Remotepart-time
Business OperationsSales Operations+16 more

$90–120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Kotlin Engineer for Android and Backend Remote Contract

Remotecontract
KotlinAndroid+28 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Student Software Engineering Expert

Remote
PythonJava+16 more

$50/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Clinical Researcher for AI Content Review Remote Contract

Remotecontract
Bias And ConfoundingBiostatistics+29 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Software Developer Expert (Remote Contract)

Remote
Software EngineeringData Structures+16 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Nurse Practitioner AI Training Content SME Contract

Remotecontract
Nurse PractitionerAprn+27 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Project Manager Expert

Remote
Project ManagementRisk Management+14 more

$103/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Sociology Quality Assurance Lead Remote AI Training

Remotecontract
SociologyLLM Evaluation+31 more

Up to $65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert - AI Evaluation and Review

Remotepart-time
Legal PracticeLitigation+17 more

$60–150/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C# Engineer for .NET AI Content Review Remote

Remotecontract
Csharp.NET+24 more

Up to $65/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Paralegal Expert - Remote Contract Work

Remote
Legal ResearchCitation Formats+11 more

$55/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

STEM & Technical Specialist (Remote) Contract

Remotecontract
AI EvaluationBenchmarking+22 more

Up to $100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Insurance Policy Analyst

Remote
Insurance Policy AnalysisCoverage Analysis+18 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Geology QA Lead for Earth Science AI Training

Remotecontract
GeologyEarth Science+29 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Litigation Attorney Expert

Remote
LitigationMotion Practice+11 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Psychiatrist Expert Clinical Review

Remote
PsychiatryPsychopharmacology+12 more

$125/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Consumer Lifestyle Specialist - Remote Part-Time

Remotepart-time
AI TrainingAI Evaluation+26 more

$50–75/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Producer and Director Expert

Remote
Film ProductionTelevision Production+14 more

$75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Pharmacist SME for AI Training Content Remote

Remotecontract
PharmacistPharmacology+27 more

Up to $65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical Expert (M.D./D.O.) - Remote Part-Time

Remotepart-time
Clinical ReasoningDiagnostic Reasoning+19 more

$115–150/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C# Team Lead Contractor for .NET Backend Projects

Remotecontract
Csharp.NET+36 more

Up to $75/hr

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Pay distribution

  • Under $250
  • $25–$490
  • $50–$99795
  • $100–$149327
  • $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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