micro1
AI recruiting company that hires experts and generalists as contractors for AI training projects, screened with an AI interview.
On , micro1 listed 269 open AI training roles; the median listed hourly rate was $68, from 261 roles.
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Entry: open · 269 roles today · checked 26 October 2026
Listed hourly pay, micro1 against the whole list
Share of roles in each $10 step of the hourly rate. $0 to $10: 2%, $10 to $20: 3%, $20 to $30: 9%, $30 to $40: 3%, $40 to $50: 7%, $50 to $60: 6%, $60 to $70: 23%, $70 to $80: 5%, $80 to $90: 2%, $90 to $100: 8%, $100 to $110: 5%, $110 to $120: 4%, $120 to $130: 1%, $130 to $140: 4%, $140 to $150: 0%, $150 or more: 16%. Median $68, middle half $50 to $110, from 261 rates. Grey bars, all 23 platforms, 1,613 roles: $0 to $10: 7%, $10 to $20: 11%, $20 to $30: 13%, $30 to $40: 7%, $40 to $50: 10%, $50 to $60: 7%, $60 to $70: 13%, $70 to $80: 5%, $80 to $90: 4%, $90 to $100: 5%, $100 to $110: 5%, $110 to $120: 4%, $120 to $130: 2%, $130 to $140: 1%, $140 to $150: <1%, $150 or more: 8%.
How applying works
- On this site
Pick a role here
Each row below opens the role page on this site, with the link to the posting on micro1. 7 more are paid per task.
- On micro1's site
Apply on micro1's page
You apply on micro1's own page. The list is read again every day.
- Not checked first-hand
What happens next
You apply from the role page on micro1. Most roles include an interview with an AI interviewer, and the steps differ by role. The micro1 interview guide covers the AI interview, and what happens after the micro1 interview covers the dashboard statuses, the ID check and onboarding.
Reliability and pay index
Our own numbers for micro1, read on 26 October 2026, and what we found about pay and complaints, each with its source.
Is micro1 legit?
Yes. micro1 is a real company that hires experts for AI training projects, and it posts its roles on a public job portal, which this site reads every day.
| Open roles today | 269 |
|---|---|
| Open roles with an hourly rate in the median | 261 of 269 |
| Median listed hourly rate | $68/hr |
| Median by field | Generalist $46/hr, Law $128/hr, Coding $75/hr, Medicine $98/hr (every field) |
| Half of the open roles were posted at least | 18 days ago |
| Open roles posted more than 30 days ago | 84 of 269 |
| Roles taken off the list since 9 October 2026 | 139; those we saw appear stayed up a median of 10 days (14 roles) |
What micro1 says about pay
- Its payroll policy describes a twice-monthly cycle: work from the 1st to the 15th is paid around the 20th, and work from the 16th to the end of the month around the 5th. (micro1, payroll policy, read 18 Oct)
Reviews and complaints
Trustpilot: 4.7 out of 5 from 10,898 reviews, read on 18 Oct. The company invites reviews. (Trustpilot)
- One-star reviews repeat a few themes: generic rejections or a shortlist that never became a project, slow replies from support, and ID checks that stalled. (Trustpilot, micro1.ai, read 18 Oct)
- Trustpilot shows that micro1 has not replied to negative reviews. (Trustpilot, micro1.ai, read 18 Oct)
The ten platforms with the most open roles on 18 October 2026 get the same checks, in the same layout.
Open micro1 roles
The 30 newest of the 269 roles on micro1's public portal today. The button under the list opens all 269 in the finder.
The strip under each rate: the listed range on a ruler from $0 to $150; the tick is the median of the whole list, $50
The review
What micro1 is
micro1 matches contractors with AI training and evaluation projects in fields from law and medicine to coding and languages. Its public job portal at jobs.micro1.ai lists each role with a title, a field, a location rule and, on most roles, an hourly range, so you see the rate before you apply. It is the platform this site has tracked the longest.
Who it hires
The portal leans toward specialists. Today this site lists 269 open micro1 roles, by field: generalist 52, law 52, coding 36, STEM 33, medicine 33, languages 23, writing 14, finance 14, robotics 9, trades 3. Fields come from the job title and micro1's own area. micro1's own staff openings (its core and extended team) are left out because they are not AI training work.
Listed pay
261 of the 269 roles listed here today show an hourly range. The median low end of those ranges is $50 per hour and the median high end is $90. The figures at the top of this page use the middle of each range, so they differ. All rates come from micro1's public portal data as posted. Hourly figures above $1,000 are yearly salaries entered in the hourly field and are left out of the pay statistics.
Countries
Each micro1 role states its own location rule in the posting.
Payment
micro1 pays in US dollars twice a month, around the 5th and the 20th, through Deel (payroll.micro1.ai), as set out in its payroll policy. The payments and taxes guide has the details.
Is micro1 legit?
Yes. micro1 is a real company that pays experts to train AI models, and it hires in the open: its roles are public, most state a rate, and its payroll policy and a summary of its contract are published. The full check of micro1 covers its funding, the contract terms, the 21 countries where it cannot hire and how to spot fake recruiters.
Pros
- Most roles show a rate before you apply.
- A wide spread of fields, from law and medicine to coding and languages.
- A published pay schedule, twice a month.
What to watch out for
- Read the contract before you sign, especially the clauses on the use of your likeness and voice. A July 2026 essay on Medium criticises these terms.
- Check recent reviews on Glassdoor and Trustpilot. Feedback is mixed, and one Glassdoor review alleges fake job posts used to gather sign-ups.
- Apply soon after a role you want appears: roles open and close quickly.
On this site
micro1 roles are read from its public portal data once a day and shown with the rate as listed.
Head to head
What the open roles ask for
The titles that come back most are Paid photo contributor opportunity (7), Software engineer (6) and Lawyer (4). The rest have titles of their own, 245 different titles in all. By type of engagement: contract (265), full time (3) and part time (1).
37 of the 269 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are United States (226), United Kingdom (172), Canada (168) and Egypt (167). 27 ask for a work language other than English: Chinese (5), Japanese (4) and Spanish (2).
By field, the roles sit mostly in Generalist (52), Law (52) and Coding (36).
What the roles list per hour
Of the 269 roles, 261 show an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $68 an hour, and the middle half runs from $50 to $110.
For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this platform sits above it.
7 list a rate per task and 1 list no rate. Listed pay is what the platform shows on the role: it is not guaranteed pay, and a role is not an acceptance.
Questions people ask
What does micro1 list as pay?
In today's data, 261 of 269 roles listed here show an hourly range, with a median low end of $50 per hour and a median high end of $90. The figures at the top of this page use the middle of each range.
Is micro1 legit?
Yes. micro1 is a real, venture-funded company that pays experts to train AI models. It posts its roles in public with stated rates and publishes its payroll policy and a summary of its contract. Passing its AI interview certifies you, and paid work starts when a project selects you. Reviews on Glassdoor and Trustpilot are mixed, so read the contract before you sign.
Does this site list micro1 jobs automatically?
Yes, from micro1's public portal data, once a day.
How does micro1 pay?
In US dollars twice a month, around the 5th and the 20th, through Deel, according to its payroll policy.