Mercor
AI hiring platform that matches experts with AI labs for contract training and evaluation work.
Checked 12 October 2026
Mercor is reviewed here, but its terms restrict bots and scrapers, so this site cannot read its job list each morning. No open roles are listed.
No referral link on this page.
How applying works
Go to Mercor
This site does not read Mercor's job list each morning, so there are no roles to pick here. Apply on its own site.
What happens next
You create a profile and apply to roles on Mercor. Screening steps were not verified first-hand. Mercor also runs a referral program with published terms: a reward of 20% of the referred person's earnings, capped at 4 times their hourly rate (referral terms). Other details reported secondhand, such as a limit of 100 uses per 30 days and payouts on Wednesdays and Fridays through Stripe or Wise, were not verified on the cited page. Mercor's referral page advertises a range of $250 to $15,000 (mercor.com/referrals); the terms above are the binding text, so read those.
The review
What Mercor is
Mercor is a talent marketplace that places experts into AI training and evaluation projects. Its public listing page is work.mercor.com/explore. Mercor is a trademark of its owner; this page is an independent description.
Who it hires
Mercor targets both annotation work and specialists (engineers, lawyers, doctors and similar). The exact current mix of roles was not collected for this page because this site does not read Mercor's listings (see the last section).
Listed pay
Mercor publishes no single rate. A third-party guide gives about $25 to $80 per hour for annotation work and $50 to $150 per hour for expert work (aigigjobs.com). That is secondhand and not verified against Mercor's own postings. Read the rate on each role.
Countries and ID
Which countries can work through Mercor was not verified for this page. A third-party summary of Mercor's referral policy says the default eligibility covers the US, Canada, the UK and the EU, and that referrers need an ID check in their legal name; neither point was verified on the cited Mercor page, so check Mercor's own terms.
Is Mercor legit?
Evidence in favour: it has public terms, a documented referral policy and listed projects. Evidence against or open: the terms of service, last updated 26 August 2026, restrict bots and scrapers (terms of service). This page gathered no independent payment reports, so reliability is not verified. Applying does not mean you will get a project.
Payment
A secondhand report says Mercor pays referral rewards through Stripe or Wise on Wednesdays and Fridays; this was not verified on the cited page. How project pay is sent was not verified either.
Pros and cons
- Pro: roles for specialists, with high hourly figures quoted by third parties.
- Pro: the referral terms are public.
- Con: referrers may need an ID check in their legal name, reported secondhand and not verified on the cited page.
- Con: no single listed rate, and third-party ranges are not verified.
- Con: the terms restrict bots and scrapers, so independent listing sites cannot track it.
On this site
This site does not list Mercor jobs automatically, because Mercor's terms restrict bots and scrapers. Use the official page for current roles. This site is independent of Mercor.
Head to head
Questions people ask
What does Mercor pay?
Mercor lists no single rate. A third-party guide gives $25 to $80 and $50 to $150 per hour, which is not verified.
How does the Mercor referral program work?
Its terms say 20% of the referee's earnings, capped at 4 times their hourly rate. Other limits reported secondhand were not verified on the cited page.
Is Mercor legit?
It has public terms and projects, but this page found no independent payment reports, so reliability is not verified.
Does this site list Mercor jobs?
No. Mercor's terms restrict bots and scrapers, so use its official page.