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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 1021–1050 of 1,167 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Biomedical Engineering QA Lead Remote Contract Role

Remotecontract
Biomedical EngineeringAI Training+31 more

Up to $105/hr

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SME Careers

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Posted 2mo ago

Medical Doctor Specialist for AI Content Review

Remotecontract
Board CertificationBoard Eligibility+24 more

Up to $150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Inference & GPU Kernel Research Engineer

Remote
Machine LearningGpu Kernels+14 more

$135/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

C Programming Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Projects

Remotecontract
C ProgrammingEmbedded Systems+28 more

Up to $75/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Cbrn Specialist (Remote) Contract

Remotecontract
AI Safety ReviewBiosafety+25 more

Up to $50/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical Laboratory Scientist Expert

Remote
Ascp CertificationAmt Mt Certification+14 more

$80/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Hebrew QA Lead for AI Training Data and Localization

Remotecontract
HebrewLinguistics+31 more

Up to $55/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Senior Domain Expert - AI Research Evaluation

Remote
Software EngineeringSystems Engineering+28 more

$135/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Court Interpreter Expert

Remote
Court InterpretingLegal Interpreting+10 more

$80/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Office Manager Expert - Remote Contract Role

Remote
Office ManagementAdministrative Supervision+16 more

$85/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Legal Expert for AI Data Training, Remote Contract

Remotecontract
LawConstitutional Law+26 more

Up to $115/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Data Engineering Expert

Remote
Data EngineeringEtl+12 more

$80/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Brand Strategy Expert for AI Training Content

Remotecontract
Brand StrategyBrand Voice+26 more

Up to $85/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Scala Engineer for AI Training Content & Evaluation

Remotecontract
ScalaScala 2.13+30 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Remote Science Teacher Expert - AI Lab Project

Remote
BiologyChemistry+15 more

$60/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Junior Consultant Expert

Remote
ConsultingDesk Research+15 more

$125/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Scrum Master Expert - Remote Agile Contract

Remote
ScrumAgile Delivery+14 more

$90/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physicist for AI Training Content Review Remote Contract

Remotecontract
PhysicsComputational Physics+26 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Graduate Student AI Evaluator

Remote
Data AnnotationData Labeling+12 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physician Assistant - Remote AI Contract

Remote
Pa CNccpa+16 more

$100/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Physics Expert - Remote Contract STEM Projects

Remote
PhysicsQuantum Mechanics+12 more

$65/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Android Studio macOS Specialist

Remotehourly
Android StudioMacos+8 more

$55–65/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Chemical Engineer - Remote AI Evaluation Contract

Remote
Chemical EngineeringProcess Design+13 more

$115/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Android Engineer Kotlin and Java Remote Contract

Remotecontract
AndroidKotlin+31 more

Up to $110/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

SQL Quality Assurance Lead for AI Training Data

Remotecontract
AI TrainingCode Review+21 more

Up to $70/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Dentist Expert - Remote Clinical AI Contract

Remote
DentistryRestorative Dentistry+11 more

$128/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Risk Management Expert for ERM and Compliance Remote

Remotecontract
ErmCoso Erm+28 more

Up to $90/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

ML Research Expert - Benchmark Authoring

Remote
Machine LearningDeep Learning+18 more

$150/hr

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AfterQuery

AfterQueryVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Mortgage Loan Officer Expert

Remote
Nmls LicensingMortgage Loan Origination+15 more

$88/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 2mo ago

Medical AI Content Expert for Remote Contract Work

Remotecontract
MedicalAI Training Data Evaluation+26 more

Up to $90/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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