Welocalize
Language services company whose Welo Data unit hires raters, linguists and voice contributors for AI data projects.
On , Welocalize listed 314 open AI training roles; the median listed hourly rate was $16, from 90 roles.
Trust Is Welocalize legit?
Updated
Entry: open · 314 roles today · checked 26 October 2026
Listed hourly pay, Welocalize against the whole list
Share of roles in each $10 step of the hourly rate. $0 to $10: 29%, $10 to $20: 26%, $20 to $30: 27%, $30 to $40: 7%, $40 to $50: 8%, $50 to $60: 2%, $60 to $70: 2%, $70 to $80: 0%, $80 to $90: 0%, $90 to $100: 0%, $100 to $110: 0%, $110 to $120: 0%, $120 to $130: 0%, $130 to $140: 0%, $140 to $150: 0%, $150 or more: 0%. Median $16, middle half $8.50 to $25, from 90 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 Welocalize. 5 more are paid per task.
- On Welocalize's site
Apply on Welocalize's page
You apply on Welocalize's own page. The list is read again every day.
- Not checked first-hand
What happens next
Each posting links to a Lever application form run by Welocalize.
Reliability and pay index
Our own numbers for Welocalize, read on 26 October 2026, and what we found about pay and complaints, each with its source.
Is Welocalize legit?
Yes. Welocalize is a real language services company founded in 1997, and its Welo Data unit posts roles on a Lever job board, which this site reads every day.
| Open roles today | 314 |
|---|---|
| Open roles with an hourly rate in the median | 90 of 314 |
| Median listed hourly rate | $16/hr |
| Median by field | Languages $18/hr (every field) |
| Half of the open roles were posted at least | 442 days ago |
| Open roles posted more than 30 days ago | 297 of 314 |
| Roles taken off the list since 9 October 2026 | 82; those we saw appear stayed up a median of 7 days (18 roles) |
What Welocalize says about pay
- Welo Data's careers page says you are paid for completed tasks and project work through verified online payment platforms, with method and timing confirmed when a project starts, and that it never asks you to pay fees. (Welo Data, careers, read 18 Oct)
Reviews and complaints
Trustpilot: 1.3 out of 5 from 98 reviews, read on 18 Oct. The company has not asked for reviews recently, so Trustpilot says they may not be representative. (Trustpilot)
- Reviews report unpaid work and accounts closed for good with a template message that gives no reason. (Trustpilot, welocalize.com, read 18 Oct)
- Others describe long unpaid tests that never led to paid work, and copy-paste replies from support. (Trustpilot, welocalize.com, read 18 Oct)
The ten platforms with the most open roles on 18 October 2026 get the same checks, in the same layout.
Open Welocalize roles
The 30 newest of the 314 roles on Welocalize's public portal today. The button under the list opens all 314 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 Welocalize is
Welocalize is a language services company whose AI data business, Welo Data, hires freelancers for language and rating work, for example "Ads Quality Rater" roles in a specific language. It posts its openings on its own Lever job board (api.lever.co).
Who it hires
This site lists 314 Welocalize postings today, and 293 of them are language work. Most are language and rating roles rather than coding or medical expert work.
Pay
95 of 314 postings show a rate today, from $2.25 to $70 per hour. Each posting states its interval and unit, and rates differ by region.
Countries
The postings listed here name 107 countries, and 38 are open from any location.
Is Welocalize legit?
Yes. Welocalize is an established company that posts its own openings on a standard recruiting system.
Strong points
- A large number of openings across many languages and places.
- The company runs hiring itself, on its own board.
What to watch out for
- Read the location line first: most freelance language roles are tied to one country or language, and it decides whether you can apply.
- Rating roles depend on project demand, so hours vary from week to week.
- Most postings show no salary range (219 of 314 listed here today), some regional rates are low, and the public postings do not say how freelancers are paid. Ask about the rate and the payment method before you start.
- Many roles repeat for different locales, so there are fewer distinct jobs than postings.
On this site
Welocalize roles are read from the public Lever feed once a day, under the account name "weloglobal" (the name "welocalize" does not work), and the apply button goes to the employer's own page. Only postings from the AI data, language, life sciences and testing departments are kept. Corporate staff roles (managers, sales, finance, IT, developers, recruiters, product) and a vendor questionnaire are left out, so the count is lower than the full board. A rate is shown only when the salary range is in US dollars per hour or per year; a 1 dollar per hour placeholder on word-count work is not shown.
Head to head
What the open roles ask for
The titles that come back most are Ai trainers network (102), Ads quality rater (38) and Generative ai analyst (20). The rest have titles of their own, 92 different titles in all. By type of engagement: contract (297), full time (15) and part time (2).
38 of the 314 roles are open from anywhere. Where countries are named, the most common are India (41), United States (23), Spain (23) and Canada (20). 282 ask for a work language other than English: Spanish (19), Chinese (14) and German (13).
By field, the roles sit mostly in Languages (293), Writing (10) and Generalist (4).
What the roles list per hour
Of the 314 roles, 90 show an hourly rate in US dollars. The median is $16 an hour, and the middle half runs from $8.50 to $25.
For every open AI training role the median is $50, so this platform sits below it.
5 list a rate per task and 219 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 jobs does Welocalize post?
This site lists 314 postings today, mostly language and rating work such as Ads Quality Rater. Corporate staff roles are left out.
Does Welocalize list pay?
95 of 314 postings listed here show a US dollar rate. Each posting states the unit.
Which countries are covered?
The postings listed here name 107 countries, and most freelance roles are tied to one location or language.
Does this site list Welocalize jobs automatically?
Yes, from the public Lever feed, once a day.