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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 91–120 of 1,167 role families. Language and region variants are grouped under one representative row.

micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Expert (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+23 more

$45–90/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 6d ago

Clinical / Health Domain Expert

Remotepart-time
Clinical MedicineNursing+15 more

$90–150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 6d ago

Individual Tax Professional (CPA / EA)

Remotehourly
Individual TaxForm 1040+19 more

$110–130/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 6d ago

DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer

Remotepart-time
KubernetesDocker+17 more

$80–120/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 6d ago

CAD & Engineering Professionals

Remotecontract
3d ModelingAutocad+26 more

Up to $150/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 6d ago

Customer Service / E-commerce Specialist

Remotepart-time
Customer SupportE Commerce Operations+14 more

$40–60/hr

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SME Careers

SME CareersVerified

Posted 6d ago

PTC Creo Parametric Specialist

Remotecontract
Ptc Creo Parametric3d Modeling+25 more

Up to $150/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Open Source Contributor

Remotecontract
Python3Java+4 more

$60–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 6d ago

Responsible AI / Security Specialist

Remotepart-time
CybersecurityRed Teaming+17 more

$90–140/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 6d ago

Finance Domain Expert

Remotepart-time
Financial ModelingValuation+12 more

$80–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryMolecular Simulations+20 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 6d ago

Bioinformatics Scientist

Remotecontract
Medicinal ChemistryBioinformatics+1 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

MBSE Engineer - SysML v2

Remotecontract
Sysml V2Systems Engineering+13 more

$55–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

STEM Expert – Biology & Bioinformatics (PhD)

Remotecontract
Scientific Software ConfigurationAi/ml Assisted Chemistry Workflows+7 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

Computational Chemistry, Structural Biology & Drug Discovery Scientist (PhD)

Remotecontract
Computational ChemistryStructural Bioinformatics+7 more

$45–90/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Cortex Lab (applied AI research)

Remotefull-time
AI Agent Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & Research Engineering+2 more

$100–130/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 7d ago

International Humanitarian Law Advisor

Remotecontract
Ihl / Human Rights ApplicationLawful Boundary Discrimination+2 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Intelligence Operations & Collection Expert

Remotecontract
Intelligence OperationsIntelligence Collection+8 more

$80–170/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Computational Bioscience Expert (Python)

Remotecontract
PythonBiology+3 more

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 8d ago

Member of Technical Staff, Realm Lab (frontier AI research)

Remotefull-time
LLM Evaluation & Benchmark DesignPython & ML Engineering+2 more

$100–130/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 8d ago

Product Manager, Digital Client Experiences

Remotecontract
AgileJira+17 more

$95–115/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Civil Engineering Writer

Remotehourly
Civil EngineeringStructural Analysis+20 more

$80/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Federal Regulatory Policy Analyst

Remotecontract
Federal Rulemaking ProcessRegulatory Analysis+15 more

$50–70/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

ML Engineer (MSc. or PhD)

Remotecontract
Machine Learning

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

STEM Expert (MSc./PhD)

Remotecontract
Biology

$60–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

Federal Grants Management Specialist

Remotecontract
Customer ServiceTeamwork+3 more

$60–85/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

3D Generalist: Modeling, Rigging & Animation (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
BlenderPython+27 more

$70–120/hr

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Mercor

MercorVerified

Posted 9d ago

Brand & Advertising Art Director (AI Evaluation)

Remotefull-time
IllustratorPhotoshop+23 more

$70–120/hr

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micro1

micro1Verified

Posted 9d ago

CATIA Specialist - CAD Engineering

Remotecontract
CatiaCad Engineering+3 more

$63–122/hr

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Braintrust

BraintrustVerified

Posted 9d ago

Software Engineer (Scala + ML Systems) - US Only

Remotecontract
ScalaKubernetes+22 more

$80–84/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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