AI training jobs for translators and linguists: 78 open roles

Will AI replace translators and linguists? Nobody can tell you that from a job list, and this page does not try. What the list shows: today 78 open roles on 6 platforms pay translators and linguists to write, check and grade the work AI models attempt in their field.

Updated 26 Oct

78open roles for translators and linguists

$30/hrmedian listed rate, 29 of 78 list one

6platforms hire for it

Open roles for translators and linguists that list a rate

These are the newest roles that list an hourly rate. All of them below.

Welocalize has 54 open roles for translators and linguists today

See the Welocalize roles Open Welocalize

Who hires translators and linguists to train AI

Open roles for translators and linguists by platform
Platform	Roles	Median listed
Welocalize	54	$4.50
Mercor	15	$50
Meridial	4	n/a
RWS TrainAI	3	n/a
micro1	1	n/a
Weekday	1	n/a

Medians from each posting's own listed hourly rate, shown with 5 or more rates. The AI Training Pay Index has the same figures by platform and field.

Medians leave out 649 Meridial roles that list $8 to $65 or $6 to $65: a range the platform puts on most of its roles, not the pay of each one.

Welocalize has the most roles for translators and linguists, 54 of 78. 6 platforms hire for them in all.

What the open roles for translators and linguists ask for

16 of the 78 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (8), Canada (7), India (6) and Japan (5). 71 ask for a work language other than English.

By field, the roles sit mostly in Languages (76), Law (1) and Medicine (1).

What the roles list per hour

29 of the 78 roles list an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $30 an hour, and the middle half runs from $23 to $50.

For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this group sits below it.

45 list no rate. Listed pay is what each platform shows on the role: it is not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.

What the studies say

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects, for the closest occupation it counts, change in employment from 2025 to 2035: Interpreters and translators up 2.0% (Employment Projections, Table 1.2, published 27 August 2026). That is a different list from the roles above, which ask for translators and linguists to help train AI models. The BLS warns that its numbers do not capture the uncertainty of predicting the future. The table is BLS Table 1.2. For the wider picture, see Will AI replace your job?, with the studies behind the video.

Questions people ask

Will AI replace translators and linguists?

Nobody can promise that a job is safe, and a job list cannot answer it. It does show that 78 open AI training roles ask for translators and linguists today. The BLS projects interpreters and translators up 2.0% in employment from 2025 to 2035, for the closest occupations it counts.

How much do AI training roles for translators and linguists pay?

29 of the 78 open roles list an hourly rate in US dollars, with a median of $30 an hour and a middle half from $23 to $50. These are listed rates, not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.

Which platforms hire translators and linguists to train AI?

6 platforms have open roles for translators and linguists today: Welocalize (54), Mercor (15), Meridial (4), RWS TrainAI (3) and micro1 (1), among others.

What do the open roles for translators and linguists look like?

The titles that come back most are Freelance patent linguists (7), English to spanish (4) and Translation validator (4). The rest have titles of their own, 59 different titles in all. 16 of the 78 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (8), Canada (7), India (6) and Japan (5). 71 ask for a work language other than English.