How much do AI trainers make?
Live data · updated Nov 7 · Monthly snapshot with quartiles and CSV
Across 868 open roles that list an hourly rate, the median is $63/hr, and 300 roles list $100 an hour or more. Specialists earn the most: the field you work in matters far more than the platform.
Pay by field
Median and top listed hourly rate among open roles in each field.
Law$110 · top $400Medicine$108 · top $450Finance$100 · top $350Creative & Media$70 · top $350Coding$63 · top $350Generalist$60 · top $350Writing$55 · top $120Math & Science$50 · top $400Languages$48 · top $65Data collection$26 · top $150
mediantop listed rate
Pay by platform
| Platform | Roles | Median | Top |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scale AI | 17 | $300/hr | $300/hr |
| G2i | 29 | $150/hr | $200/hr |
| 10x Team | 125 | €124/hr | €375/hr |
| Handshake AI | 3 | $95/hr | $158/hr |
| Mercor | 355 | $76/hr | $450/hr |
| micro1 | 363 | $65/hr | $400/hr |
| Terac | 20 | $65/hr | $147/hr |
| xAI | 10 | $43/hr | $50/hr |
| Anyone AI | 215 | $40/hr | $150/hr |
| Alignerr | 13 | $23/hr | $100/hr |
| HumanSignal | 24 | $10/hr | $100/hr |
Listed pay is not take-home pay
- Most roles are contracts: you cover your own taxes and there are no benefits.
- Hours are not guaranteed. Projects start and stop, and some weeks have no tasks.
- Some projects pay per accepted task, so work a reviewer rejects can go unpaid.
- Onboarding, interviews and assessments are usually unpaid.
Best-paid open roles
- OncologistMercor · Medicine · Oct 8United States only$350–450/hrView role
- Energy Regulatory Counselmicro1 · Law · Oct 28United States only$140–400/hrView role
- Gaming/Gambling Regulatory Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 28Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- Consumer Product Safety Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 28Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- Investment Funds & Asset Management Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 22Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- Venture Capital & Corporate Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 22Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- FDA & Regulatory Compliance Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 22Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- Structured Finance Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 22Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- Military Law Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 22Countries not confirmed$140–400/hrView role
- Media, Publishing & Communications Law Attorneymicro1 · Law · Oct 22United States only$140–400/hrView role
Method: we collect every role from each platform's public listings daily and use the hourly rate each one lists (the midpoint where a range is given). Roles paid per task or without a listed rate are excluded from medians. Referral links never affect these figures. — AI Global Work